Menlo Park Kiwanis Club awards scholarships to Menlo-Atherton High School graduates – InMenlo
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The Kiwanis Club of Menlo Park recently awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 14 Menlo Atherton High School graduating seniors at an awards luncheon at Allied Arts for family and friends of the students.
John Martin, scholarship chair for the Club, introduced each student at the event, inviting them to share where they were attending college and to provide a description of their desired course of study or their commitment to service.
After hearing from each student, he gave remarks about the mission of Kiwanis International, which is to serve the children of the world.
“There are Kiwanis chapters all over the world giving back to their local communities. There are also collegiate organizations, called Circle-K clubs. In high schools Kiwanis groups are known as Key Clubs,” Martin said.
“Locally, Kiwanis in Menlo Park was founded as a chapter in the early 1950s, and it has given well over $1 million in scholarships to M-A students.”
Kiwanis often honors scholarship winners by naming certain scholarships in honor of former, now deceased, Kiwanians. Scholarship winners this year are:
– Abigail Gomez, James Hall Memorial Scholarship
– Alex Charles Bissell, Robert J. Supp Memorial Scholarship
– Cho Yun (Ariel) Chien, Max Tarmann Memorial Scholarship
– Claire B. Chang, Dr. William Blair Memorial Scholarship
– Giselle Martinez Landa, William D. Martin Memorial Scholarship
– Isabella Kha, James D. Palmer, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
– Lilah Segre Chen, Col. Ed Brandle Memorial Scholarship
– Mattea Jamella Harris, Lauren Mercer Memorial Scholarship
– Meghan Lam, Anita Douglas Memorial Scholarship
– Paulina Michelle Cisneros Arreguin, Anna Mae Duncan Memorial Scholarship
– Quinne Sierra Davis, Pat Keller Memorial Scholarship
– Sofia Basso, Damon Wedding Memorial Scholarship
– Theodore Weicker
– Yandel Omarion Hernandez Nunez, Les Cutting Memorial Scholarship
“Our scholarship program is just one of many ways we work in our community to help people of all ages,” said Louise DeDera, President of the Menlo Park Kiwanis Club. “We support many community organizations and associations, including Generations United, Special Games, and Rise Against Hunger.
The Menlo Park Kiwanis Club appreciates all tax-deductible donations, big and small, in support of its local community and scholarship endeavors. To learn more about joining the Club or contributing to it, please visit https://menloparkkiwanis.org/ or write to: Kiwanis Club of Menlo Park at PO Box 311, Menlo Park, CA 94026.
Pictured: Shown in the front row are Isabella Kha, Gizelle Martinez Landa, Paulina Miechelle Cisneros Arreguin, Cho Yun (Ariel) Chen, Sofia Basso, and Abigail Gomez. In the back row are, Alex Charles Bissell, Quinne Sierra Davis, Yandel Omarion Hernandez Nunez, Mattea Jamella Harris, Lila Segro Chen, Meghan Lam. Not shown are Claire B. Chang and Theodore Weicker.
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