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VFW Scout of the Year

The Brainerd VFW Scout of the Year Program is for K - 12 living within 50 miles of Brainerd, MN.  It starts locally at the Brainerd VFW, then goes on to district, state and then national competition.  First place in national is a $5000 scholarship.  Second place is a $3000 scholarship and Third place is a $1000 scholarship.  
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The deadline for applications is March 1st each year.  Email to teki@mwpersons.com or send a thumb drive to the Brainerd VFW, 309 South 6th Street, Brainerd, MN 56401.  Inquiries to Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com

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Jenna Lee
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Congratulations to Jenna Lee of Brainerd, 2020 Scout of the Year, at the Brainerd VFW.  Her prize was $300.  She also won first place in Minnesota's VFW Sixth District. 

Jenna has been in scouting since first grade and graduated from Brainerd High School in 2020.  She is heading to college to become an elementary school teacher.  We wish her well.
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Daniel and Cathy Lee with daughter Jenna at the Brainerd VFW 8/11/20
Scouting   Record:
 Girl   Scout   Troop   852   -   Service   Unit   15
 Council:   Girl   Scouts   of   Minnesota   and   Wisconsin   Lakes   and   Pines
 Brownie   -   2   years
 Junior   -   2   years   -   Bronze   Award
 Cadette   -   3   years   -   Silver   Award   &   Trip   to   Savannah   Georgia,   Birthplace of Juliette Gordan Low
 Senior   -   2   years   -   Trip   to   New   York   City,   National   Office   of   Girl   Scouts
 Ambassador   -   2   years   -   Gold   Award
 
In addition to participating in two trips  with Girl Scouts and earning the top three awards, I have participated in many camps and other   activities.   I am a certified Program Aide and I have assumed this role at our local day camps for four years.   I have attended Camp Shingobee Timbers and Camp Sanderson.   My troop and I have hosted and organized the local World   Thinking Day three years in a row.   I have spent a night at Lake Superior Zoo, and at the underwater world in the Mall of America.   I  have volunteered for the local Memorial Day Service two years in a row.   My troop has never had possible leadership  positions  for girls to assume although I am the only girl in my troop to receive a  Gold Award.
 

Gold   Award   Project:
I am a Nordic skier.   For a while,  I assumed everyone knew what Nordic skiing is.   I found that a lot of people do not know what it really is;   most confuse it with downhill or alpine skiing.   I saw a need in my community to inform people about Nordic  skiing including the health benefits.  School participation record:  Class Cabinet 9,10,11,12   -   Vice President 11,12, Student   Council 11,12   -   Secretary 12, Eco   Club 12   -   Secretary   12, BHS   Peer Tutoring   12, National   Honors   Society 11,12, Student of   the   Semester 10, Nordic   Skiing   9,10,11,12   -   Jeff   Losos   Memorial   Award   &   Heart   of   a   Warrior   Award   12,   Varsity, Letter   11,12, Band   9,10, Volleyball   9.
Community service record: 
Bethlehem  Lutheran  Church Youth Group   9,10,11,12   -   President of  Mission Trips   9,10,11,12.  Volunteered many times in the community at various places including;   Northland Arboretum, Salem West, Habitat for Humanity, Operation  Sandwich and Doubles Captain on the Brainerd Ski Loons Water ski show  team.

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Students in 5th grade should enter the Essay Competition
6th to 8th graders participate in the Patriot's Pen Competition

Students in grades 9 - 12 are eligible to compete in the VFW's Voice of Democracy

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