DAV & Auxiliary National Convention Award Highlights 2018 Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Recipients $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $7,500 $7,500 Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Sara Gardner (left), of Fayetteville, Ark., received DAV’s top Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship, which is awarded annually to outstanding youth volunteers in DAV’s Voluntary Services program. The 18-year-old earned the $20,000 scholarship for spending more than 600 hours spanning a four-year period volunteering at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks. Gardner intends to use the scholarship at Duke University, where she plans to study law and then become an attorney at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sara Gardner, Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (Arkansas) Jessica Ullberg, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center (Wisconsin) Aadya Kaushik, Albany Stratton VA Medical Center (New York) Ryan Kern, VA Maryland Health Care System Elizabeth Milliken, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital (Massachusetts) Liam Browning, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center (Michigan) Korra Cline, Fayetteville VA Medical Center (North Carolina) Alana Lewis, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Louisiana) $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Local Veterans Assistance Program Awards Division I: Department of California , with 559,025 hours, award accepted by Department Adjutant Dan Contreras (left). Division II: Department of Oklahoma , with 221,366 hours, award accepted by Past Department Commander Linda Miller (left). Division III: Department of Arkansas , with 33,036 hours, award accepted by Department Adjutant John Donovan (center). Division IV: Department of Nevada , with 30,642 hours, award accepted by Department Adjutant Richard Walker (center left). Division V: Department of South Dakota , with 21,704 hours, award accepted by Department Adjutant Eugene Murphy (center). DAV.ORG | FACEBOOK.COM/DAV | @DAVHQ | DAVHQ 17