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The Julio Society
The Julio Society is a non-profit
organization entirely
controlled by a volunteer Board of Directors, most of them residing in
Washington County, Maine. Through a sponsorship by the City of
Calais,
a partnership was created with the Down East RC&D, who made it one
of their area projects in order to provide grantwriting assistance
using
their non-profit 501(c)(3) status, to prepare press releases about the
Society and award recipients, and to get the word out about the Society.
The Savings Bank of Maine is
allowing the Society
to use their mailing address for citizens in Washington County, Maine,
to submit names and supporting materials for the Citizenship Award
and/or
the Julio Helping Wing Scholarship. What is important here is
that
any citizen may nominate any student as a recipient as long as they
meet
the criteria.
The Julio
Good Citizen Award (click on link for information) needs no formal
application. A letter stating the student's name and the deed(s)
that person has done, or is still doing, along with sufficient
background
information about the nominee that could be used in a press release, is
all that is required. The Julio Society does not give any favor
or
preference based on a person's family name, a student's scholastic
achievement,
nor economic status--IT'S THE DEED THAT COUNTS (nothing else).
The Julio
Helping Wing Scholarship (click on link for information and
application),
by contrast, has a formal application that is available here online
or
from any high school guidance counselor in Washington County,
Maine.
It is also available by contacting the Down East RC&D Office at
546-2368
(email: dercd@downeastrcd.com).
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