2015 Scholarship Luncheon
Posted by Bud Jackson
on May 25, 2015
Paramount Rotary Club presented ten $500 scholarships to graduating Paramount High School seniors. The students were accompanied by parents and friends. Special guests in attendance were School Board members; President Alicia Anderson, Vice President Tony Pena and member Vivian Hansen. Paramount Mayor Tom Hansen, Erin Stibal representing Supervisor Don Knabe, Co-Interim Superintendent Dee Stephens, Isela Preciado Administrative Assistant and PHS Counselor Eric Lindshield. Other guests of Rotarians were Nick Pardasani, Oscar Rosales, Rich Weeda, Linda Timmons and Matt Wagner.
Dee Stephens presented the scholarship award winners, their intended college, major and sponsor:
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd and Romo sponsored Gisel Del Carmen Lopez who will be attending UC San Diego and majoring in Bioengineering, and Laura Quiarte, attending CSU Dominquez Hills looking to study to be a High School Teacher.
Daryl and Barbara Hoffmeyer sponsored Jesus Cervantes-Canela who will be attending UCLA and majoring in Electrical Engineering.
Cal-Met Services sponsored Aaron Morrow; who will be attending the University of Akron and majoring in Accounting.
Nick Pardasani of Anilita Corp. sponsored Grisel Vasquez who will be attending NOVA Southeastern University (FL) as a Business Management major.
Bernotas Accountancy Corp sponsored Jesus Amador who will be attending CSU Bakersfield as a Mathematics major.
Teri Mouren-Laurens sponsored Dary Garcia looking to attend UC Davis as a Veterinary Medicine major.
Jay Wilbur sponsored Christopher Cano who will CSU Long Beach as a Computer Science major.
John Boogaard sponsored Pamela Romero a soon to be UC Irvine Business Administration student.
Mardis and Bud Jackson of Options in Design sponsored Karen Winter-Gonzalez a soon to be UC Davis student studying Neurobiology.
With the help of Ric Caldera the students had prepared a video presentation that included action photos and photos of the students as youngsters and a current photo. The latter brought a tear to one of the Mothers at my table. Each scholar also received a treasure chest of goodies (appropriate for a pirate).
A committee of Rotarians was presented with the challenge of selecting the scholarship recipients from over 180 applicants. Many people are involved in this event, but the one who makes it happen is Gary Endo. Gary you did it again and it only gets better.
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The group photo shows (Standing L-R) Jesus Cervantes, Jesus Amador, Karen Winter-Gonzalez, Aaron Morrow and Christopher Cano. (Sitting L-R) Grisel Vasquez, Gisel Del Carmen Lopez, Dary Garcia, Laura Quirarte and Pamela Romero.
Other News . . .
Correction:
The Bulletin for May 9th should have been entitled; "Water-scarce but essential for life and health”. Our apologies to Dr. Glassock.
A Big Thank You:
The following letter was sent to Bud for the Rotary club:
Dear Bud,I'm sending this email to thank you and the Rotary Club of Paramount for your generous donation of $500 in support of Amarok Society's work in education in the slums of the developing world.Amarok Society is making great strides not only in teaching illiterate mothers to become neighbourhood teachers in Bangladesh, but now in Pakistan and Nigeria as well, where we're opening schools to spread hope, opportunity, and peace in countries that need it desperately.Your participation is contributing to a better, more unified world.Please convey to your club both our appreciation of your support in bringing education to the slums of Bangladesh, and the gratitude of the women and children who will benefit through your club's generous contribution. Also, please let us know if your club would like to receive quarterly updates from Amarok Society in Canada and Bangladesh through our free e-newsletter.With best wishes,Gabriel Munro--