March 18, 2013
The Orr's & Bailey Islands Fire Department is looking for applicants for its annual Sue Cary Scholarship award.
The Orr's & Bailey Islands Fire Department is looking for applicants for its annual Sue Cary Scholarship award.
The scholarship, intended to help recruit, train and retain department volunteers, is available to high school graduates or GED holders who are residents of Orr's and Bailey Islands or the portions of Great Island served by OBIFD. Preference is given to current responding members of the department, probationary members and immediate family of responding members.
Applicants must submit a completed application form, high school or college transcripts or GED test results, a personal statement, three letters of recommendation and a letter from the higher education institution the applicants attends or plans to attend.
Applications may be obtained by writing to the Scholarship Committee, Orr's & Bailey Islands Fire Department, P.O. Box 177, Orr's Island, ME 04066.
The applications must be returned by May 15.
The volunteer department provides fire and rescue services for Orr's and Bailey Islands and portions of Great Island east of the Mountain Road bridge and south of the Nazarene Church on Route 24.
For more information about volunteering, e-mail volunteer@obifd.org, visit the department's web site at www.obifd.orgor call 833-5199.