04/06/2021 01:54:24 PMSocial work major awarded $7,500 for essay, in running for $10K(Butler, PA) A 31-year-old Butler County Community College student’s essay about overcoming a past of physical abuse, of witnessing and blaming herself at 10 for her cousin’s accidental death, of a crash that left her partially paralyzed and ultimately of drug use “in hopes that I would die” could receive $17,500 in scholarships from an organization that supports and empowers women.Alyssa Mainhart, 31, of Butler, is shown Monday, March 15, 2021, on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township. Mainhart is pursuing an associate degree in social work and a 33-credit addiction recovery certificate at BC3, and has received $7,500 in scholarships for an essay she wrote through the Soroptimist International of the Americas’ “Live Your Dream” program.Year in Review 2021