Lavanya Rao received a $300 scholarship from the Carrboro Civic Club in recognition of her volunteer efforts and actions to improve the community at large and the lives of others.
Rao is a graduate of Carrboro High School and will attend North Carolina State University this fall. Some of her volunteer efforts included working in an orphanage in India and helping with the freshman transition program at her high school.
She also worked with the Carrboro Design Team and volunteered after school at Scroggs Elementary School.