Featherstone wins Rotary Club of Greenville’s Service Above Self scholarship
July 7, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – The Rotary Club of Greenville awarded Ellen Featherstone the first ever “Service Above Self” scholarship.
The “Service Above Self” scholarship is a renewable grant of up to $5,000 per year for four years. It is awarded to a graduating high school senior in Greenville County who has shown exceptional community service and academic performance.
Featherstone graduated from J.L. Mann High School with Highest Honors. She is a Palmetto Fellows Recipient and an AP Scholar of Distinction. While a student, Featherstone was involved in Nationals Honors Society, student council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and a member of the tennis team for 5 years. Featherstone lettered in both academics and athletics.
She will be studying Bioengineering at Calhoun Honors College at Clemson University in the fall.
She has been an active member in the community since a very early age. She became a Girl Scout in kindergarten and continued to earn the highest scouting award, the GS Gold Award. She refurbished a GAIHN home in the Greenville community.
She then became the Vice President of Service of the National Honor Society. She contributed in the planning and “flip” of a transitional home within the JL Mann community. In the course of two days, the house was cleaned, repainted, and landscaped.
As a member of student council, Featherstone raised money for Arizona Children’s Charities, the Cancer Survivors Park, and J. L. Mann’s after school tutoring program. She also participated in Class 7 of Youth Leadership Greenville, Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Program, and the Student Athlete Leadership Program.
Featherstone actively volunteers with her church as a Sunday school leader, a church basketball volunteer, and a LEAD team member for youth ministry. In her free time, she enjoys reading, photography, and hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
About The Rotary Club of Greenville:
The Rotary Club of Greenville is the oldest and largest service club in South Carolina. Learn more at www.greenvillerotary.org.
