The Florida District Alumni provide the Sophie Laval Scholarship to a deserving Circle K'er each year at the Leadership Training Conference. The Alumni Association established the Sophie Laval Scholarship in 1991. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of service and scholarship.
For many members, Sophie Laval is a scholarship awarded by the Alumni Association. We buy pies and district board members at LTC and participate in coin wars at IDEAS to raise money for the Sophie Laval Scholarship. On her way to the 1988 International Convention, Sophie, a Flagler College student, died as the result of a car accident involving a drunk driver. Sophie wasn't just a member in Flagler's club. She was the Outstanding Club Secretary for 1986-1987. She was the Gateway Lt. Governor in 1987-1988 and had run for District Governor at the 1988 District Convention. The irony of her death was with her involvement in another club at Flagler - Students Against Drunk Driving (S! ADD). As Gateway Lt. Governor, Sophie informed members of the dangers of driving drunk. "But I'll tell you what," Sophie wrote in an article for Circle Kapers in 1988, "it makes me madder than a beast when I see someone driving drunk. I wonder if that person knows how many lives besides his own that he/she is endangering." (Excerpts from Circle Kapers, May 1999).
| Sophie Laval Scholarship Recipients |
2004
Jessica Behrens, UF |
