SACO — Brandon Saucier of Old Orchard Beach and Janelle Poitras of Saco are this year’s recipients of annual scholarships from the Saco Bay Center for Civic Engagement.

Saucier has earned the Future Entrepreneur Scholarship, which is awarded to a graduating senior from Old Orchard Beach High School that plans to major in business, hospitality management, a vocational trade, or related tourism field. The goal of this scholarship is to encourage and assist future Old Orchard Beach entrepreneurs, business leaders and young professionals in achieving their educational objectives.

Saucier’s passion for small business runs in his blood. When he isn’t at school, Saucier works at his family-owned hotel in OOB, the Ocean Walk Hotel. He plans to study business as a major starting this fall.

Poitras has received the Justin Chenette Spirit of Service Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior from Thornton Academy that has demonstrated a passion for helping others, strong leadership skills, and has worked to improve the community outside of the school’s campus.

Poitras’s work on campus and in the community with various nonprofit causes is noteworthy. She plans to study business at Stonehill College in Massachusetts starting this fall.