The Melvin & Janice Douglas Family Community Service & Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding rising Upton High School senior who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to community service and leadership. Through the Senior Legacy Project, the award empowers the recipient to transform that commitment into meaningful action by designing and leading a project that creates a lasting, positive impact in the Upton community.
Recognizing Service. Developing Leaders. Strengthening Upton.
Service has the power to strengthen communities, build relationships, and develop lifelong leaders.
The Melvin & Janice Douglas Family Community Service & Leadership Award recognizes a rising senior who has made a meaningful contribution through service and gives that student the resources, encouragement, and responsibility to create a lasting project for the Upton community.
The award is not based solely on the number of volunteer hours completed. It recognizes initiative, reliability, character, compassion, and the ability to turn a desire to help into meaningful action.
Service
Recognizing a genuine and sustained commitment to helping others.
Leadership
Encouraging a student to identify a community need and take responsibility for addressing it.
Legacy
Supporting a project that creates a meaningful and lasting benefit for the Upton community.
Honoring service with an opportunity to lead
