2014
Glide Community Club Scholarships
 Carson Trimble Thomas DeBell  Elle Rappé |
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First Scholarship Presenter: Debbie Barbre Thomas DeBell Thomas DeBell plans to attend Oregon State University in Corvallis, majoring in Chemical engineering. His planned occupation is Sustainable resources engineer. Thomas is able to maintain a 3.92 GPA while being School Treasurer, Captain of his track team, Playing tuba and sax, and Singing. He is a member of National Honors Society and founder/president of outdoor and literary clubs. He also founded a men's A Cappella group called "Sudden Impact." And if that is not enough, he has contributed over 450 hours of volunteer service over the past 4 years, including Coaching, Tutoring, Singing, and Red Cross drives. Tom plans to join Engineers Without Borders using education and skills he develops in college to help others. I've heard of Doctors Without Borders and know of the wonderful work they do, but I was not aware of Engineers w/o borders, so I looked it up online. They are funded by large corporations and do great work both domestic and internationally in water, sanitation, civil engineering, agriculture and other areas. Tom will be able to join at no cost as a student. We wish you all the Luck! |
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Second Scholarship Presenter: Nancy Tague Carson Trimble Just about every week
of the school year, there’s an after-hours event happening at
the elementary school, and little kids being little kids, help
is needed to run it. Movie nights, carnivals, Celebration of Literacy... you name it, Carson is there. She says she participates because she loves to see the kids’ smiles. She must really like kids, because 2 Sundays a month at Calvary Chapel she teaches Sunday school to kids preschool through third grade. Most Sundays you can also find her singing at the church. Around Glide High School, she’s just as busy. She’s been a class officer twice. She sings alto in the choir, belongs to the geology, science, and outdoor clubs and the National Honor Society, where she’s logged over 100 hours of service. She plays softball, has coached softball for Glide Summer Rec, and keeps statistics during wrestling matches. She registers donors at blood drives, participates in school cleanups, boxes food for the Boy Scout Christmas program. Carson has also logged 180 hours as a volunteer at Mercy Medical Center, helping to admit patients and get them to their rooms. Altogether she’s logged over 1000 hours of service to school, church, and community. Somehow she still finds time to work over 10 hours a week at 3 different jobs. And she does all this while maintaining a near-perfect GPA of 3.98, taking a heavy course load full of science and math. Love for the outdoors is in Carson’s family heritage. She has considered a career managing timberland and timber operations for the Forest Service or a private timber owner. But her real dream is using the new technology of biomass production– generating energy from timber by-products -- to restart the Glide mill and revive this community. As a first step toward that dream, Carson is headed for OSU to major in Natural Resources. The Glide Community Club is glad to be able to help her work towards her dreams, by awarding her one of our 2014 scholarships. Carson, we wish you much success as you reach to the future.
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Third Scholarship Presenter: Christy Scheufele Elle Rappé If you’ve been to FFA or band auctions, you might have noticed Elle Rappé serving. At breakfasts before wrestling meets, you’d see her cooking. During basketball games, she was working the concession stands for the Booster Club. At track meets, she’s the start clerk, getting the athletes lined up for each heat. At the wildflower show, you might have encountered her at the door, greeting visitors. During the children’s Halloween and Christmas parties held in this building, she helps run the games. When the Red Cross holds blood drives at the high school, she’s registering donors and sitting beside the beds encouraging them. And she takes her turn donating too! She’s helped elementary kids learn to play basketball and kept stats for their middle school games, taken kids shopping on Dress-A-Child day, read to them during the Celebration of Literacy. If there’s something happening in Glide, chances are very good Elle will be there helping out. In fact, it’s very unusual that she is sitting at a table here tonight, because for the last 3 years she’s been one of the young people filling your glasses and taking your dirty plates. Her counselor says she is one of the first to volunteer her time whenever a need arises. She’s a committed member of this community, not just the high school but all of Glide, quietly giving back day after day, week after week, year after year, to the community that raised her. And while doing all that, she’s also been an outstanding student. She ranks first in her class with a perfect 4.0 average, taking the most challenging courses the high school offers. All 4 years she has played saxophone in the band and competed in volleyball, track and basketball, receiving awards and going to state championships, this year serving as team captain for volleyball and co-captain for track. She’s been active in school leadership all 4 years, serving as class or student body officer. This year she’s also president of the National Honor Society, not just participating in their service projects but leading them as well. Elle has been accepted at OSU where she plans to study psychology. She has noticed that friends turn to her for help with personal obstacles. Her goals include earning a masters degree and becoming a counselor, family therapist, or sports psychologist. We have no doubt that she will accomplish whatever goals she sets for herself, and we’re pleased to be able to help her get started. Elle, we thank you for being such an active member of our community and wish you the greatest success in college and beyond. |
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