Local P.E.O. Chapter awards scholarship to Glenbard East student

P.E.O. Chapter IR-Lombard recently awarded its annual scholarship to Khushi Patel, a senior at Glenbard East High School in Lombard.

Khushi will be attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a major in interdisciplinary health sciences.

Khushi graciously thanked P.E.O. for helping her take the next steps of her life.

She is most proud of her participation in the following: STEM Club (vice president); badminton team (captain); Key Club; Link Crew and Asian American Student Association (founding member).

The Philanthropic Educational Organization brings to women increased opportunities for higher education.

To learn more about P.E.O. International, visit www.peointernational.org or www.facebook.com/peointernational.

The P.E.O. International Sisterhood maintains six educational projects in the form of grants, scholarships and loans, as well as the stewardship of Cottey College, a liberal arts and sciences college for women in Nevada, Missouri, which has been owned/supported by P.E.O. since 1927.