On May 2, 2017, Buddy and I presented our 3rd Annual Thomas Alexander Lambert V Memorial Scholarship to a First Priority student. We are committed to educating people about Thomas’ condition as well as to remember and recognize his precious life. We believed a scholarship would be a great way to honor him. I am the communications and event coordinator for First Priority Greater Birmingham, a ministry that connects the church to the school campus to share the hope of Christ with elementary, middle and high school students. We help organize clubs that meet outside school hours with the purpose of reaching students with the Gospel before they graduate high school. We have amazing students that lead their First Priority clubs. Each year, because First Priority is so important to Buddy and me, we plan to present a scholarship in memory of Thomas to an exceptional First Priority student leader from either Moody High School or St. Clair County High School. We attended and graduated from those schools so they hold a very special place in our hearts.
Our application process gave First Priority student leaders at those schools the opportunity to write about how they believed they exemplified the same qualities as Thomas. They also wrote about their leadership role in their school’s First Priority club. Thomas may have only lived a short life here on this Earth, but he made a huge impact on many people’s lives all across this world. To be a young baby, he exemplified the qualities of strength, hope and love. Thomas was such a strong fighter. He fought a long, hard and painful battle. He never gave up. Thomas gave us so much hope. Our faith in God was strengthened and we prayed like we had never prayed before. God chose to heal Thomas completely in Heaven, so we now cling to the hope that we will see him again one day soon. An abundance of love surrounded Thomas. He gave and received eternal love. After much prayer and consideration, we chose a student for the scholarship whom we believed best exemplified those qualities of our sweet baby boy, and also based on their leadership in First Priority. The student who received the scholarship also made a huge impact on other students’ lives in his school and community. On several occasions, I personally received the pleasure of watching this student lead his First Priority club.
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017, Buddy and I presented the Thomas Alexander Lambert V Memorial Scholarship to St. Clair County High School First Priority Student Leader Wesley Seymour. We were honored to present the scholarship to Wesley for outstanding qualities including strength, hope and love, and for Christian leadership, academic excellence, involvement and leadership in First Priority and commitment to a local church. This year’s scholarship was in the amount of $500 per semester, with a total amount of $1,000. We are very proud of Wesley, and so thankful we could remember Thomas in such a big way. We would like to thank all of our applicants and let them know how proud we are of them as well. We had a very tough decision to make!
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017, Buddy and I presented the Thomas Alexander Lambert V Memorial Scholarship to St. Clair County High School First Priority Student Leader Wesley Seymour. We were honored to present the scholarship to Wesley for outstanding qualities including strength, hope and love, and for Christian leadership, academic excellence, involvement and leadership in First Priority and commitment to a local church. This year’s scholarship was in the amount of $500 per semester, with a total amount of $1,000. We are very proud of Wesley, and so thankful we could remember Thomas in such a big way. We would like to thank all of our applicants and let them know how proud we are of them as well. We had a very tough decision to make!
Our goal is to make the Thomas Alexander Lambert V Memorial Scholarship not only big, but HUGE. We would love to be able to give away more than one scholarship per year, and we plan to do this for the rest of our lives. If you would like to make a donation to the Thomas Alexander Lambert V Memorial Scholarship Fund, please e-mail us at: changedbythomas@gmail.com. We appreciate your support!