Young named 2021 BRIDGE Scholarship Award Winner

The Ball-Watson Community Engagement Foundation awarded a college scholarship in the amount of $2,000, along with a MacBook Air, at the annual Jenkins County High School Honors & Awards Ceremony on May 10, 2021.

Larry Young, a senior at Jenkins County High, is the fifth recipient of the Bridge Scholarship. Young, who also played football at JCHS, will attend Savannah State University in the fall.

The BWCEF Bridge Scholarship was established by Millen, Georgia natives, Charles Watson, Jr. and Mario Ball, based upon their conviction that when individuals from smaller communities and lower income families are given the tools to succeed, they excel.

“This Foundation sees higher education as a force of positive change; a force that certainly changes the community, and engages everyone in support of this initiative.” said Ball, one the scholarship’s founders.

For more information, go to ballwatsonfoundation.org.