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Aly Singer and her brother Josh hold a unique place in Martin Marietta
Scholarship lore as the first twins in recent memory to both receive the
award. While the pair have different personalities, different interests and
different goals for life, they do share common character traits that will be
of great benefit in the future; each is driven and each is utterly committed
to serving the community.
“My garage was an equipment graveyard,” Singer says. “I would go season
after season trying to find something that I loved, but it never happened.
Then, in eighth grade, I attended my first B’nai B’rith Youth Organization
(BBYO) event. Little did I know that this organization would be my whole
life throughout high school.”
The service group provided Singer with a variety of positive experiences.
Not only did it allow her to contribute to worthwhile causes like combating
violence against women and trying to end distracted driving, it also provided
her with leadership opportunities she may not have had otherwise.
In one instance, the teenager took the lead role in organizing a holiday
fundraiser to battle sex trafficking, a growing problem around the world.
The idea was for Singer and the rest of the youth group to sell luxury sheets
and donate all of the proceeds. Surprisingly, she says, there were many in
the community who doubted the group would succeed.
“At first, no one believed in the fundraiser and assumed it would fail
miserably,” Singer says. “But I knew it was going to be a huge success.
I provided fliers, sheet samples and online resources to every girl in our
chapter. We also made the fundraiser a friendly competition and a group
requirement so that everyone would get involved. We worked so hard to
reach our goal of $1,000 and ended up raising $1,500.”
When Singer joined the youth group at the beginning of her high school
career, it was a relatively new chapter with room to grow. In the years that
followed – years that would see her take positions of increasing leadership
and responsibility within the group – a transition would occur. The small
youth group grew its numbers and extended its community reach. Singer
(who held a position on BBYO’s Regional Board by the time she graduated)
and her peers won numerous awards for their work.
With years of academic success already under her belt and recently learned
lessons in hard work and leadership, Singer says she’s confident she’ll do well
at Indiana University Bloomington, where she’s studying marketing.
“Eventually, I hope to earn an MBA in International Business,” the
18-year-old says. “My dad studied business in college and I think it will
open up a lot of opportunities in the future that will help me do what I
want to do while serving how I want to serve.” ▼
Aly Singer
Indiana University Bloomington
Just the Facts: Aly Singer
Parents: Sales Audit Administrator Stacey Singer (Southeast
Division) and Andy Singer
High School: Lambert High School (Georgia)
Aly’s message to mom and dad: “Thank you for everything
you’ve done for us. I know I don’t say it enough, but I love you
and appreciate the way you’ve brought us up.”
Photo courtesy of Indiana University Bloomington
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