Several community organizations and a number of deserving individuals were recognized and received significant financial support from George Bartram-Paul Sand Lodge No. 298, Media, at its annual Community Service Awards Program.

Triplet graduates of Penncrest High School, Doug, Hillary, and Ken Ader, received $1,000 scholarship awards for their scholastic achievements and community service. Doug and Hillary will be attending Messiah College and Ken will be attending Millersville University. They are the children of Earl and Norma Ader, Middletown Twp.

For the third year, the Media Little League received $700 from the Lodge to support the program that serves more than 500 boys and girls in the area.

A $4,000 check from the Lodge was presented to the Media Elementary Parent Teacher Group (P.T.G.) to be used in the first phase of a $35,000 project to refurbish and re-equip the school's playground. The three-phase project, conceived by Bartram-Sand Lodge, is a collaborative effort of the Lodge, the P.T.G., which contributed $1,000 to this phase, and the Media Recreation Commission, which contributed $6,000.

Among special recognitions at the ceremony was the presentation of a trophy to Joshua Lockwood who represented the Lodge and performed well in this year's Soap Box Derby.