Noosa District State High School Year 12 student Jasmin Smith has received a special academic award from the Father Heffernan Memorial Bursaries.
Jasmin was chosen as one of the elite few to receive this award over the past 19 years. She received $1000 to assist her in perusing her goal to attend the Sunshine Coast University where she hopes to study Medical Science.
Each year a large number of young people from the Sunshine Coast aged from 15 to 25 years of age apply for this cash bursary and award.
This benevolent fund was established nearly two decades ago by the family of the late Rev Fr Francis Hefferan Parish Priest of Nambour Catholic Church and are awarded specifically to young people for outstanding efforts in academia, the arts and other innovative pursuits to encourage them to achieve their goals.
The fund committee that administers the bursaries and awards are comprised of representatives from the community, schools and St Joseph’s Parish.
Fund committee representative Desley Goggin commended Jasmin for her outstanding academic record.
“It is wonderful to see girls wishing to pursue a career in the sciences,” Mrs Goggin said.
