May 2015 | Vol. 9 Iss. 5
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Nicholas Cockrell, a high school senior and Boy Scout living in Draper, performed his Eagle project by helping take care of trees at Draper City Hall. He was rewarded a $5,500 ‘Herb it Forward’ college scholarship. Photo courtesy of the Cockrell family
Draper High School Senior Thanked With Scholarship By Julie Slama
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ourteen-year-old Draper resident Jacqueline Cockrell was just one-year-old the last time she had a severe reaction to peanuts, but this hasn’t stopped her older brother Nicholas from looking out for her and alerting others to her life-threatening allergy. “He always reads the food labels and tells me if I can eat it and will bring me something if it isn’t cross-contaminated,” Jacqueline said. “He knows I won’t go near the food — that I can’t take a chance.” Nicholas, a senior at Hillcrest High in Midvale, grew up knowing how to help his sister. He learned how to use an EpiPen and would tell others not to eat foods with nuts around Jacqueline. It is, in part, this devotion that led the Hope Paige company to honor Nicholas with a $5,500 “Herb it Forward” college scholarship. Hope Paige is a company that offers medical alert items, including the silicone allergy alert bracelets Jacqueline wears. Shelly Fisher, CEO of Hope Paige Medical ID, was inspired by her father, Herb Lotman, a self-made businessman whose lifetime was dedicated to helping others. “The ‘Herb it Forward’ Scholarship was created to educate
those future leaders who will continue to pay it forward,” says Fisher. “We want to help them in their educational pursuits since education is the one gift that can’t be taken away from you.” As for Nicholas, he would like to serve others in the public sector. “By getting into the world of politics, I believe I can devote my life to helping people and add positive change to the negative perception of government,” said Nicholas, who plans to study history and political science in college. “I believe that this scholarship will allow me to pursue an education that would put me on a path to a job where I could serve others. I believe that a job in the government would allow me to pay it forward to all members of society.” He began helping his sister at a young age. “When they were younger, he would always be double-checking the snacks, say at a church youth group outing, for her because Jacqueline was so shy,” their father Bruce Cockrell said. “He was really protective and wanted to make sure she was safe.”
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