Brendan Hessler, who will be graduating from Wellington High School this spring, is a recipient of a 2015 Moose International R. Robert Dale Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.
R. Robert Dale Scholarship winners must be the child, grandchild or under legal guardianship of a member of the Moose fraternal organization and carry at least a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Since 1986, the Moose fraternity has awarded 1,522 scholarships in excess of $1.5 million to qualifying students associated with Moose lodges and chapters across North America.
Moose International, headquartered in Mooseheart, Illinois, is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, comprising nearly 1.1 million members throughout the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Bermuda.
The Moose organization founded and continues to support Mooseheart Child City & School, a 1,000-acre community and school for children and teens in need, located 40 miles west of Chicago, and the Moosehaven retirement community, a 70-acre campus for qualified retired members and their spouses, located in Orange Park, Fla. Additionally, the Moose organization annually conducts more than $75 million in community service throughout North America.
ABOVE: Brendan Hessler