VHHS student awarded Kiwanis Club scholarship

Juliana Kirby, senior at Vestavia Hills High School, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Vestavia-Hoover Kiwanis Club.

Kiwanis is a civic club with a focus on programs, activities and charities for children, according to Stephen Porterfield, Kiwanis Club liaison to Vestavia Hills High School. 

In her application, Kirby said she travels with her church to underdeveloped areas each summer to lead vacation Bible schools for churches that lack the resources to hold one themselves.

Kirby also visits the First Light and Lighthouse shelters in Birmingham to prepare and serve dinner with her church.

“We were looking for a good student who had extracurricular activities, including community involvement that involves supporting less fortunate children,” Porterfield said. “Her focus on mission trips involving children and working at local shelters in Birmingham that focuses on children and homeless families with children [made her stand out among the applicants]” 

Kirby plans to attend Auburn University and major in biomedical sciences.