• The academic P.E.O. Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year, was presented to Madelyn K. Anderson, a senior at Groton Area High School. This scholarship is in loving memory of Mary Swisher, over 50 year member of P.E.O.
• Madelyn is the daughter of Bryan and Kristi Anderson and plans to study Biology and Spanish as her first stepping stones in becoming a doctor.
• The P.E.O. Scholarship is a $500 scholarship based on excellence in leadership, community service, academics and potential for future success.  The program is open to young women who are citizens of the US and who are graduating high school seniors at the time of application.

• The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is an international philanthropic and educational organization which promotes increased educational opportunities for women.  There are approximately 6,000 local chapters in the United States and Canada with more than 350,000 initiated members.  The P.E.O. Sisterhood owns Cottey College for women, a two year liberal arts college, with the recent addition of selected four-year degrees. Cottey College is located in Nevada, Missouri.
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