News Announcement, July 10, 2021
The Rotary Club of Pleasanton awarded $41,687 to 11 local high school students and $20,000 to 8 local college students.
This year the club utilized Zoom to accomplish this task. Congratulations to the following high school students. Amador High School: Harry Plett Memorial Scholarship, Kevin Alvarez; Warren Annis “Service Above Self” Memorial Scholarship, Ethan Apalis; “Senor Bob” Athenour Global Humanitarian Scholarship, Zeyu “Tony” Chen. Other winners from Amador High School are: Fausto Interian; Tim “Jennifer” Jin; Mia Kuo; Eric Perez. Foothill High School: Carlissa Bass; Oonagh Connolly; Roger Dabney Memorial Scholarship, Maria Allison Lourenco; Nicole Medina. Congratulations to the following college students also receiving scholarships: Junior San Francisco State, Sheree Bishop; Junior UCBerkeley, Maria Chavez; Senior UC Santa Cruz, Fiona Debernardi; Junior San Jose State, Lesley DeLaBarrera; Senior San Jose State, Michelle Diaz-Nava; Junior San Jose State, Denica Gudino; Senior CSU Long Beach, Demi Magana; Senior UC Berkeley, Bradley Russo.
CONGRATULATIONS to all these students.
The Rotary Club of Pleasanton raises funds for scholarships through its annual Spirit Run, held in October, and through donations. This year’s total of nearly $62,000 represents the largest total awarded. See our PDF for yearly totals from 2006 through 2021!