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VAntage Point Teen awarded $20,000 scholarship for volunteer work Years of volunteering has paid off for a 17-year-old youth volunteer who comes from a family of Veterans. Jackowski was awarded $20,000 to be used for tuition, fees, books and other educational needs at the college or university of her choice. Karen O’Neal nominated the honor student for her work in business operations, executive leadership support, interior design and on the Medical Center’s COVID-19 response team. O’Neal is Chief of VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement (formerly Voluntary Service) at Erie VA. “Brooke is a leader who readily and selflessly stepped up to be one of the first COVID-19 screeners at the Erie VAMC and the first youth volunteer across the entire network to serve in that role,” O’Neal said. “Her work as a volunteer provides hope and inspiration to others that this world in which we exist still has the potential to move in a positive direction fo ....