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Kiwanis Club of Toledo Awards $12,000 in Scholarships to TPS
Seniors
Special to The Truth
The Kiwanis Youth Foundation, of the Kiwanis Club of Toledo,
is proud to announce the designation of six scholarships to
deserving high school seniors graduating in 2014. One senior
from each Toledo Public Comprehensive High School was
selected as a beneficiary of a $2,000 one-time scholarship
to a college or university of their choice.
The Kiwanis Club of Toledo has been awarding scholarships to
deserving teens, with a vested interest in community service
since 1936. Historically, scholarships were awarded to only
three central city schools: Woodward, Scott, and Libbey.
Over the past 20 years, the Club has increased individual
scholarship amounts and reach to $2,000 for as many as 4
students. This year is unique in that over 30 seniors
applied from all six Toledo Public Comprehensive High
Schools.
Applicants are asked to provide a scholastic history, test
scores, statement of need, activities, and an essay on what
community service means to them. Patricia Scharf,
Scholarship Committee Chair remarked, “It is a very special
year for us. 2014 marks the first time in our Club’s 98 year
history that we’ve received applications from all the high
schools. As a former TPS HS Principal, it is especially
rewarding for Kiwanis to give all schools and students
across Toledo the opportunity to further their educational
goals through this scholarship”.
Seniors receiving this year’s scholarship are: Cormac
Jewell, Bowsher; Keon Rayford, Rogers; Shikera Tall,
Scott; Sahirah Bruce, Start; Heather Riddle, Waite;
Anastasia Rubin, Woodward.
About the Kiwanis Club of Toledo:
The Kiwanis Club of Toledo, celebrating over 90 years of
serving youth of central Toledo, is one part of Kiwanis
International, a global organization of volunteers dedicated
to changing the world, one community and one child at a
time. Locally the Kiwanis Club of Toledo focuses on serving
the youth of central Toledo through service and fellowship.
For more information, visit us at
www.toledokiwanis.org. |
