The Kiwanis Club of Chatham-Kent presented a scholarship to a graduating student from Ursuline College Chatham.
The $1000 Kiwanis Foundation of Canada Matching Scholarship went to Leela McLaughlin, a resident of Chatham-Kent.
The club’s scholarship committee selected her for one of its two scholarships because of her academic accomplishments as well as her volunteerism and participation in her school and community.
At UCC, she was involved in Kidwin Zhiingwaak (an Indigenous leadership group), UCC Cares and the drama club, among other activities.
In her community, she made blankets for the homeless, served as a figure skating program assistant and provided leadership for the Little Flowers group at her church.
McLaughlin is off to the University of Windsor in the fall, taking psychology, with a career goal of becoming an elementary school teacher.
