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Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School students Allyson Colegate, Broderick Merz, Carmen Noe, and Evan Osgood are National Merit Semifinalists.
They will now wait to learn if they will become a National Merit Scholarship recipient. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
Washington, DC – “This is the honor of a lifetime,” said Evan Osgood, who was awarded the $25,000 top prize by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. “Meeting the other finalists and learning their stories this weekend reinvigorated for me the power of our generation. We can do anything,” said Evan Osgood in a press release issued by the organization.
“We are incredibly proud of Evan for receiving this honor. He is truly a remarkable young man, and his dedication to others, along with his hard work, will take him on to great things. Congratulations to the entire Osgood family on this accomplishment,” said Superintendent Mike Broadwater in a press release.
As a national finalist for the award, Osgood was invited to attend the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Trailblazing Leadership Week, which he attended with his family and Loveland High School Principal Adam Reed.
Osgood was recognized for his work during the pandemic creating the nonprofit SOSforPPE, to make and ship protective equipment, along with his creation of STEMsfForYouth, a nonprofit committed to improving access to STEM education.
Read these past Loveland Magazine stories about Evan Osgood:
EVAN OSGOOD POSES WITH SOME OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MASKS THAT HIS NONPROFIT SOS FOR PPE HAS ASSEMBLED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED. (Photo courtesy of Evan Osgood)
by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – Many people across the United States have had their own struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it be mentally, financially, or physically, each individual has been forced to find a way to deal with their obstacle in a positive way. Although some have found it tough to stay positive, Loveland teenager, Evan Osgood, decided to make it easier on those individuals by creating a non-profit in which they could not only get involved but also feel as though they were making a difference in the world!
Over the past 9 months, Osgood has developed a network of over 4,000 volunteers across the United States who have both made and distributed over 125,000 items of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for those in need. This network of generosity has now been officially named SOS for PPE, a nonprofit organization that sends assembly kits to those wanting to give back by making face masks and shields at home using the assembly kits sent to them. After the individual makes the PPE it is then sent off and distributed to anyone in the country in need of PPE.
Why you may ask did a 16-year-old decide to create and organize a global non-profit during a pandemic? Osgood said that he could no longer bear seeing individuals in hospitals, senior facilities, schools, and out in the community on his very own TV screen struggling to secure proper PPE so he asked himself, “What can I do to help?”
In March, Osgood began making masks out of his own home and sending them to healthcare workers and others in need of PPE. Although Osgood was able to make around 8-10 masks an hour he quickly came to the realization that he would need many more people to help him make masks if he wanted to effectively impact the shortage of PPE. That’s when a lightbulb went off for Osgood! He thought, “If I can make 8-10 masks in an hour imagine how many could get produced if I had more hands-on-deck!” Fast forward to now, Osgood is officially the president of his very own non-profit, SOS for PPE.
Osgood not only oversees the fundraising for SOS for PPE he also manages the supply chain, works with SOS for PPE partners to distribute the PPE, and of course works to grow both his non-profit’s volunteer and partnership networks. Click below to read all about SOS for PPE and how Osgood started his non-profit!
Due to all of the success with SOS for PPE Osgood was honored with the Daily Point of Light Award. This particular honor according to the Points of Light website, “Celebrates the power of individuals who lead and lend support to causes they care about. We recognize their individual stories and lift them up to inspire others so we may each, in our own way, answer the call to make a difference.” In order to qualify for the Daily Point of Light Award the following criteria must be met:
Here at Loveland Magazine, we want to take a moment to congratulate Evan Osgood on receiving this prestigious honor! Creating such a valuable non-profit during times like these and at such a young age is not only impressive but inspirational to those out there wanting to make a difference!
We would like to ask our loyal Loveland Magazine readers to support this fantastic cause by visiting SOS for PPE today and donating some of your time or dollars to making PPE for those who are desperately in need!
Want to read more about Evan Osgood? Click below to read about his time at one of the top Education Conferences!
Loveland Student Evan Osgood presented at the International Society for Technology in Education event June 24, 2018.
Tiger educators also in attendance at International Society for Technology in Education event
Chicago – It is a leading conference on innovation in education, and a Loveland Middle School (LMS) student was one of a select group of students there to teach.
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference in Chicago June 24 through June 27 will hosted more than 1,000 sessions for educators; LMS Student Evan Osgood was the Tiger student on the agenda.
“What a great honor to represent my Tiger community.”
“What a great honor to represent my Tiger community on an international stage,” Evan Osgood said about the experience. Osgood shared his learning as part of the LMS Tiger Tech Crew – a class-credit opportunity for students to serve as internal information technology experts for peers and staff in their building.
“We are incredibly proud of Evan, and the way he represented Loveland’s strategic drive toward growing Tiger Innovation at all levels of our district – for students and staff,” said Loveland Director of Technology and Innovation David Knapp, who also attended the conference with other Loveland educators.
“We are incredibly proud of Evan.”
The ISTE Conference is one of the world’s largest educational events, with presentations and opportunities for educators to learn and explore new ways to further classroom innovation. The Loveland team of educators included teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators who used the opportunity to learn and collaborate with schools and educators across the globe on this national stage.
“We are very excited that we had this opportunity to go and learn from some of the most innovative schools in the world about how they are changing education to continue to grow to meet the needs and demands of our students,” said Knapp. “We can’t wait to see how these ideas impact Tigers all across Loveland this fall!”
