BANGOR – The cellular telephone company Unicel announced it has created a “High School Heroes” program to celebrate high school seniors who give of their time and talents to improve the lives of others. Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 will be awarded to students at the end of the 2008 school year.

High school seniors may nominate themselves, or family members, teachers, mentors or friends may nominate a student who they feel is qualified. Nomination forms can be picked up at any Unicel store or downloaded from the company’s Web site, www.unicel.com/scholarships. The nomination deadline is March 31.