Awarded Gift of Hope Scholarship

Crystal A. Bauer, daughter of Shawn and Annamarie J. Bauer, received a $1,000 Gift of Hope Scholarship, awarded by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. She is a member of the Effort United Methodist Church. Bauer is currently working as a summer employee for the United Methodist Camps of Greater New Jersey as a Camp Counselor.

"Leading these kids has been a delight," said Bauer.

The Rev. Dr. Karen Layman Gift of Hope Scholarship is awarded to about 500 undergraduate students who have been active and full members of The United Methodist Church for at least three years, have a 3.0 grade point average, and have demonstrated strong leadership in The United Methodist Church, said Allyson Collinsworth, scholarships administrator of the Office of Loans and Scholarships at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

"Our scholarship programs further the mission of the church by increasing the access to higher education with the goal of developing principled Christian leaders for the church and the world," Collinsworth said.

The United Methodist Church, through the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry's Office of Loans and Scholarships, awards more than $3 million in scholarships each year to undergraduate, graduate, and seminary students through 60 scholarship programs. Nearly $2 million a year is distributed in loans to college students who are members of The United Methodist Church.