2013 Winners

				2013 Mel Douglass Scholarship Winners
Overall Winner:					Awarded a $6,000 scholarship
			high school			will attend
Peter Belechak		Central Catholic High School				James Madison University
●	Served as a counselor at a summer camp for children with muscular dystrophy for two years and
	recruited other Central Catholic students to serve as counselors at the camp.
●	Served as a Sunday School teacher at St. Bede parish, including being the lead 4th grade teacher.
●	Through the LaSallian Youth service program at Central, volunteered at the Pittsburgh Great Race,
	at the Jubilee Soup Kitchen, at the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh, and as a grade school tutor.
●	Led an effort at Central to team with Oakland Catholic students to conduct a "Dancing with the
	Vikings" event that raised funds for a school in Haiti…and then won the dancing competition !!
Honorable Mention Winners:					Each awarded a $500 scholarship
T.J. Benedict		Central Catholic High School				Denison University
●	Served in various capacities at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, including leadership
	roles as a Youth Deacon, a Deacon on Duty, and five years as a summer camp counselor. Also
	represented ELPC on missions in Philadelphia and Kentucky.
●	Volunteered as a swimming instructor for Woodland Hills students.
Max Brourman		Shady Side Academy				The Ohio State University
●	Volunteered at a summer camp as a kitchen worker, at the Pittsburgh Zoo maintaining exhibits,
	and with the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra as an usher.
●	Served his church in Duquesne in various capacities, such as the Junior Council representative to
	the church council, usher, fundraiser, and summer bible school counselor.
Chris Bush		Shady Side Academy				Georgia Tech
●	Selected by SSA faculty to be part of a small group to lead a project that raised $40,000 to benefit
	refugees from Nepal living in Pittsburgh. This service included working with the refugees in
	their homes to help them develop English, reading and other skills.
●	Volunteered with the Pittsburgh Promise and the VA Hospital on SSA Day of Caring projects.
Anna Evashavik		Oakland Catholic High School				Loyola University (Maryland)
●	Served a term as the Junior Council Person on the Edgewood Borough Council.
●	Volunteered at the East End Cooperative Ministry preparing and delivering meals, at the
	Children's Institute of Pittsburgh interacting with special needs patients, and at Edgewood's
	C.C. Mellor Library coordinating craft projects with children.
Elizabeth Rocks		The University School				University of Colorado
●	Arranged class schedule so that she could volunteer every Friday at the C.C. Mellor Library.
●	Volunteered in support of the Ronald McDonald House, the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank, Toys
	for Tots, Pittsburgh Cares, and St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
●	Provided services to support refugees from several countries via school's Human Rights Club.
Angela Williams		Taylor Alderdice High School				Wooster College
●	Spent weekends for five summers volunteering to maintain and restore state parks.
●	Served Building New Hope, which sells specialty coffee to benefit schools in Nicaragua.
●	Volunteered at the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh, with the Student Hunger Action Coalition,
	and with Gilda's Club and other cancer-related charities.
Adam Zelenko		Central Catholic High School				Duquesne University
●	Participated for 10 years as a member of Edgewood's Boy Scout Troop 23, achieving Eagle Scout
	status and now serving as Assistant Scoutmaster. Helped Edgewood in various ways via scouting.
●	Mentored underclassmen at Central via the My Brother's Keeper program.
●	Volunteered at the Little Sisters of the Poor soup kitchen and with the Tree Pittsburgh program.
A word about the enclosures:
We printed back-to-back again this year to be sensitive to the environment. The reverse side of this page is
a collage of images from the May 19 Scholarship Ceremony. This collage was once again built by Sig Tragard,
one of Mel's high school classmates. (Thanks again, Sig!) The second enclosure was provided to all
attendees at the Scholarship Ceremony. The front side is a tribute to Mel and an overview of the Fund's
origin and mission. The reverse side is a compilation of our scholarship winners through 2012.