by Doug McDevitt

Each year the Norfolk Lions Club selects graduating high school seniors from Norfolk to receive a $500 scholarship that can be used for anything from tuition to books. The Lions Club selects these seniors on the basis of their academic accomplishments, community involvement and volunteerism. This year’s winners are Xavier Langendorfer, Kendra Link, Eleanor Krone, Mackenzie Muzzulin, Ethan Pearlman and  Mattie Vandiver.

These high school seniors have already had a positive impact in the community. Collectively they are National Honor Society members, accomplished musicians, robotic engineers, contributors to the Board of Education, a senior-class vice president and volunteers with many different town organizations, including the Norfolk Volunteer Ambulance.

The Lions Club honors these students and their accomplishment each year, but owing to the pandemic, for the last two years club members have been unable to host their annual pancake breakfast, their fund-raiser to support the scholarship program. Angie Bollard of the Lions Club said, “We did not hold back for these students, but reached into our operating budget to continue this tradition and reward these individuals for their accomplishments.”

This year again there will again be no pancake breakfast, but the Lions Club is holding a weekly raffle at the Norfolk Farmers Market to continue to raise funds for the scholarship program. Tickets for the raffle can be purchased at the Norfolk Farmers Market on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Town Hall lawn.