The Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program is an opportunity to empower B-CC High School students with important leadership skills. The program was founded over 27 years ago by a former B-CC parent to engage students in meaningful service projects that will make a difference in their communities. The Lazarus program has a record of 77,000 hours of service that were contributed by students.
This summer, 15 B-CC students created a wide variety of projects to help their communities. The projects ranged from a sing-a-long program at D.C.’s Children’s National Hospital to helping create pathways to employment for reentering citizens. On October 7th, at the Mansion at Strathmore, a graduation will be held to honor the students’ accomplishments.
B-CC Junior Kiran Maltby shared his experience with the Lazarus Program. “Overall, through the program I was able to create a project to benefit my community, improve my project management and leadership skills, and form substantial relationships with my fellow classmates as we all worked to complete our projects, making the project a pleasant and productive experience,” Maltby said.
This program gives a great opportunity to those who are involved to give back to their community. B-CC Junior Lucas Gebrekristose said, “I really liked the flexibility and freedom on our projects, but most importantly I liked how Bruce Adams, [the leader of the Lazarus Program], understood that at some point during the summer we were going to inevitably fail, and he actually encouraged it so that we can learn and grow from the experience.”
Applications for the upcoming year of the Lazarus Fellows Program have not yet been released, but future information can be found at https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bcchs/activities/lazarus/.
