Jesse Lee ASP is excited to announce that the winner of the 2026 John Ward “Love in Action” Scholarship Award is Charlotte Osher.
Charlotte is a recent graduate of Ridgefield High School and a 4-year participant of Appalachia Service Project.
At RHS, Charlotte was involved in the American Sign Language Club, Theater, Student Government, Science Olympiad, No Place for Hate, Home for Humanity and the Arts and Crafts Club. She also was a member of the Chamber Orchestra and National Honor Society.
Outside of school Charlotte volunteers with SPHERE and works at the Ridgefield Playhouse.
This fall Charlotte will be attending the University of Maryland where she plans to major in Hearing and Speech Sciences. We are very pleased to present her with this award.
The John Ward Love in Action Award was established by Jesse Lee ASP in 2017 to honor John Ward’s 30th Appalachia Service Project Trip. It is a $1000 grant given each year to a high school senior who has participated in ASP and dedicated themself to other forms of community service.
Winners of the John Ward Award have been:
- 2026 – Charlotte Osher
- 2025 – Natalia Feliciano
- 2024 – Abby Seal
- 2023 – Henry Idone
- 2022 – Parker Etzbach
- 2021 – Kate Fleming
- 2020 – Matt Carpenter
- 2019 – Miles Tullo
- 2018 – Gillian Retter
- 2017 – Petros Papadopolous