Ten area young men and women were presented $500 "Youth of the Month" scholarships at an awards luncheon held at University Plaza on February 16, 2000. Approximately one year ago, the Co-Operative Sertoma Club donated a $30,000 CD to the Ladies Auxiliary of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield to fund this scholarship program. This money was raised through working Bingo games sponsored by the Co-Operative Sertoma Club each Wednesday evening at the Springfield Sertoma Building. There were a total of twelve Youth of the Month awards from which two were selected as the 1999 Youths of the Year. The Youths of the Year each received a $6,000 scholarship from funds raised by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs of Springfield. The two Youth of the Year were: Junior Vaughn, age 16, Henderson Unit and Alicia Hoyt, age 16, Musgrave Unit.