From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE – The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club has announced its Hewitt-Trussville (HT) scholarship recipients for this year.
HTHS Senior Samuel Simmons is a member of the All-State Jazz Band and is head trumpet. He is also a member of the UA Honor Band Top Band. Samuel received the Crimson Achievement Award and a $500 scholarship from the UA Honor Band. Other activities include helping to coach TUSC soccer, serving as a Peer Partner, being a part of Leadership HT, and was named to the Band Leadership. He plans to pursue the CREATE path to the MBA program and minor in music performance at the University of Alabama. Simmons will receive the $5,000 Van Horne Honorarium Scholarship, named for one of the founding members of the club.
Will Cochran is the first-ever recipient of a $1,000 vocational scholarship from this club. Cochran placed third in the Skills USA contest for electrical construction wiring. He is a member of the leadership team, is a student body leader, and has been in an electrical class for three years. Cochran is also a high school leader at First Baptist Trussville. He ran his own business cutting grass, pressure washing, and more. He plans to attend Southern Union for welding.
The Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club meets at First Baptist Church Trussville on Wednesday mornings at 7 a.m. For more information on the Club, or to help with one of their projects, please ‘like’ them on Facebook (Trussville Rotary Daybreak Club) or email Diane Poole at dlpoole1225@gmail.com.
The Rotary International motto is ‘Service above Self,’ and this club lives out this motto by serving the community in many ways. Proceeds from fundraising events, including the coordination of a golf tournament for almost 30 years, go toward the club’s many projects. Those projects include leadership opportunities for local high school students, ribbons at City Hall in recognition of Veterans’ Day, lunch for campers and staff at Smile-a-Mile, trees planted at Civitan Park, and more. The Club has recently funded the new clock tower in downtown Trussville, two solar benches at parks in downtown Trussville, benches at the walking track at Cahaba Elementary, and playground equipment at The Mall in historic Trussville.