The BMA fund granted scholarships to the following students in 2025 for a total of $7,000.
Tallulah Kamp
Tallulah is an island girl! She writes us an essay about experiences she had with “one of the big kids” Blain on the playground. She tells us about his kindness, his energy and willingness to look out for the other kids, “he just cared”. Tallulah is attending Suffolk University in Boston where she is studying marketing.
Lauren Jackson
Lauren went to Deering, a couple years younger than Blain, she of course new of Blain, as everyone did. This year Lauren wrote us an essay about what playing on a sport has meant to her. She has learned the joy in physical activity, the importance of commitment, to grow as learners and that in failure, there is success! From sports she has learned to push herself every day to be the best she can. Lauren is attending Southern New Hampshire University with a major in Early Childhood Development.
James Opio
James, otherwise known as “Opio” is studying business at the Husson University. He writes his essay about his best friend Blain and the sports they played together, basketball and football. He talks about Blains “funny hand signals” and “funny faces”, that would make him burst into laughter. Opio is still playing football at Husson. He continues to pursue the football dream in memory of Blain, his friend, “with an amazing soul”.