Youth Leadership

2025 Scholarship Awardees/ HOBY Grad

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During its summer meetings, North Coast Rotary proudly honored a group of exceptional students whose leadership, compassion, and community engagement reflect Rotary’s enduring motto: Service Above Self. Scholarship Awardees each received $1000, were recognized during their school’s awards night and joined a North Coast Rotary meeting when they could!

Noah Adkins, Ava Rosemark, Termeh Shahmir

This year’s honorees include:

  • Jane Kuzman Memorial Scholarship – Ava Rosemark, Avon High School
  • Bon Russell Memorial Scholarship – Termeh Shahmir, Avon Lake High School
  • Marilyn Weems Memorial Scholarship – Gana Youssef, Avon Lake High School
  • Interact Scholarship – Noah Adkins, Brookside High School
  • Service Above Self Scholarship  – Arushi Phukan, Brookside High School
Gana Youssef and Gina Eschke, Coordinator
Gina Eschke, Alexander Hick, Arushi Phukan

Alexander Hick, Brookside High School, also joined us to share his experiences from a Rotary funded Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar.

Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY)

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Congratulations to Brookside students Maddie Fada and Arushi Phukan who were awarded by school leadership to participate in the 2023 program!  At this week’s club meeting, Maddie and Arushi described their HOBY experiences and thanked Rotarians for sponsoring them.

North Coast Rotary first sponsored area students to attend the HOBY Leadership program in 2009.  Known as America’s foremost youth leadership organization, HOBY has a long and impressive history of successfully motivating youth and volunteers to outstanding leadership. HOBY aims to inspire and develop the global community of youth & volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and innovation. 

Regionally, students participate in a 3 – 4  day program at Ohio Northern in Ada, Ohio. Brookside School Counselor Kelsey Bilak coordinated the selection process for this year and remarked, “Thank you again for sponsoring our students. Both had such an amazing experience, and they plan on returning next year as junior facilitators!”