Martin Law Office is excited to announce the recipient of the 2024 Martin Law Office Fall Scholarship!
We want to thank all who applied for the scholarship, for taking the time to apply as well as all their service to their communities.
Meet our 2024 Martin Law Office Fall Scholarship recipient, Bridget Baublit. Here is a little background information about Bridget.
In my community, I have run four blood drives at my school in a year. I run them through a club I’m in called HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). After the first blood drive of my junior year, I learned that one pint of blood can save up to three lives. Learning that made me very passionate about donating blood and attempting to get others to donate as well. My passion for this stems from the death of my father. My father died in a car accident five years ago; he was dead on impact. While receiving blood couldn’t have helped my father, there are plenty of other people it could help. With each pint of blood, three lives can be saved meaning on average a blood drive at my school could save 75 or more lives.
In addition to running blood drives, I have also had a positive impact in my community through my school’s chapter of National Honor Society (NHS). One thing I’ve done with my school’s chapter of NHS was a Trek n’ Treat in October. While doing this, I dressed up in a costume, sat along the path in Grant Park with another volunteer passing out fruit snacks and educating the children walking through about the different types of bats we have in South Milwaukee. We taught them how many insects they eat and where we can find specific bats in South Milwaukee.
Another thing that I’ve done with my school’s NHS chapter was plan, set up, help put on, and take down our Veteran’s Day Assembly. I was able to get to my workplace at the time to donate two pans of macaroni and cheese for the veterans to eat as well as going to pick them up. I handed out shirts, cards made by elementary students, and a rose to the veteran’s being named and honored in the assembly, including my grandfather, who was very happy to see all the work that we did to honor him and other veterans.
In December, I worked with the NHS to host a Santa’s workshop. We set up several different stations with activities for children. These activities included cookie decorating, toy making, ornament making, face painting, crafts/coloring, and a visit with Santa. I worked at the coloring and crafts station with other NHS volunteers where we colored with kids from the community. The positive impact that I’ve made on my community has been shown through the previously listed events. The death of my father grew a desire to help my community and I was able to achieve this through my school’s blood drives. A past teacher said she doesn’t know what she is going to do without me next year. The Trek n’ Treat and Santa’s workshop gave me a chance to work with the children of my community which is important to me as I have two younger step-siblings.
As my grandfather, uncle, and several other family members are veterans, I was more than happy to help with our Veteran’s Day Assembly. I hope to continue the positive impact I’ve made on my community during high school in any and every community I find myself in during and after college.
