The Corte Madera Women’s Improvement Club announced the winners of the organization’s annual Community Service Scholarships. They are Loughlin Browne, Emily Rusting, and Charlotte McAdam.
Loughlin Browne, a senior at Redwood High School, will receive the $2,000 Kimberly Powell Memorial Scholarship for her volunteer work with Minors Make Change, the get-out-the-vote group she founded in 2017; The Marin County Youth Commission, including two years as chair; tutoring at Bridge the Gap College Prep; and performing music at Aegis Retirement Center. Ms. Browne will attend Columbia University.
Emily Rusting, also graduating from Redwood High School, will receive a $1,000 Women’s Club Community Service scholarship for her volunteer work at Marin County Youth Court, a peer-led weekly restorative justice program; Every Voice, Every Vote, a civic engagement group; Seed Releaf, a food-delivery service for people who have been isolated by COVID-19; and other programs through her synagogue. The Corte Madera Women’s Club wishes her the best in her mission to “repair the world.” She has decided to attend UCLA in the fall.
Charlotte McAdam, who is in the Pathways Program at Tamiscal High School and College of Marin, will receive a $1,000 Women’s Club Community Service scholarship. She has been active in Marin County Youth Court, at Aegis Retirement Center, and in the Student Advisory Group at Tamiscal. She plans to become a nurse and will attend Barry University in Florida.
In 1907, the Women’s Club raised funds for the first street lights in Corte Madera. For 115 years, the Club has continued to contribute to community projects and provide scholarships to young women who demonstrate a commitment to community service. Find out about their current activities at https://www.cortemaderawomensclub.org/.
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