Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program
Bruce Adams, Founder 2012 Brochure
Lazarus Fellows 1997-2010 2012 Application
2011 Graduation Program
The Program
Parents and guardians of sophomores and juniors should receive a brochure explaining the Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program by December 1 of each year. Over the past 15 years, students from B-CC and other local high schools have devoted more than 40,000 hours to serving our community through the Lazarus program. Led by former B-CC parent Bruce Adams, the program gives students an opportunity to learn hands-on leadership skills. The Lazarus program was honored by the B-CC High School Educational Foundation in 2010. In 2011, Bruce received the Distinguished Service to Public Education Award from the Montgomery County Board of Education in recognition of 25 years teaching leadership seminars to County high school students.
The success of the past years proves that young people can make a difference in the lives of others. Every year at the graduation ceremony the Fellows speak of how surprised, proud, and pleased they are at what they have accomplished. All previous groups of Lazarus Fellows and their parents tell us it was a life-changing experience.
During the spring, each Fellow designs a 200-hour community service program that he or she will implement over the summer. The program must be something that otherwise would not happen without the initiative of the student. Students who complete the program may opt to receive either a stipend of $750 or 200 hours of community service learning credit. All students will receive $250 to cover meals, transportation, and supplies over the summer.
Bruce Adams visits B-CC each late November or early December for an informational meeting during the lunch break for students. Applications are then available in the main office and are usually due in January right after the winter break.
For additional information, please email Bruce Adams at bruce@greaterwash.org.
2010 LAZARUS LEADERSHIP FELLOWS SELECTED
Fifteen Lazarus Leadership Fellows have been selected for the 2010 Class. More than 200 Lazarus Fellows have participated and have performed more than 38,000 hours of community service since the program was founded in 1997. The Fellows program, based at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, combines a series of ten seminars with community and business leaders each Spring with a requirement that each Fellow create and implement a 200 hour community service project in the Summer.
The 2010 Fellows include fourteen B-CC High School students and one student from The Heights School. The 2010 Fellows include: Olawale Aroyewun, Spencer Brooks, Lucy Chin, Neethu George, Zach Hamilton-Cotter (The Heights School), Sasha Leitmann, Kevin Maclary, Greg Mariuzza, Grace Reingruber, Olivia Robinson, Olivia Senghor, Sofia Shoffner, Jackson Trott, Nick van der Vink, and Umanda Weerasinghe.
Two B-CC High School graduates -- Jared Joiner, a 2000 Lazarus Fellow, and Jordan Henry -- assist Founder Bruce Adams as project coordinators. Adams welcomed the new Fellows to the program's first session on Sunday February 21 by telling them: "I know that students can be tremendous leaders and can accomplish amazing things because I have seen it happen over and over again during the first thirteen years of the Lazarus program."
The principal funder of the program is The Julius and Dorothy Lazarus Foundation. Additional sponsors include: B-CC High School Educational Foundation, Bethesda Kiwanis Foundation, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Foundation, Lerch, Early and Brewer, Chtd., Miller & Long Co., Inc., and The Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation.
The Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program is being honored on March 11, 2010 by the B-CC High School Educational Foundation.
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