David Sylvester presents a Service Above Self award to Benzie Central Senior Olivia Brian.
 
Olivia has been in a myriad of activities at Benzie Central, including Key Club, National Honor Society, Student Council, Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track.  For the past two years she has spent most of her school day at Crystal Lake Elementary School through the TBA Teacher's Academy program.  Being in this program has helped Olivia decide that teaching is what she would like to do for the rest of her life, so she will be pursuing that career choice at Grand Valley next fall.
 
Through her school clubs Olivia has ben able to volunteer at many places throughout the community, including BACN, the elementary schools, Mills Community House and the First Congregational Church of Benzonia.  She also has volunteered for the Arthritis Foundation, helping fund research for a disease that she has had since she was two year old.  And if that was not enough, Olivia has maintained a part-time job at the Roadhouse Mexican Bar & Grill, as well as running the roads of Benzie County with her family.  Definitely service above self!