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Elks Lodge Awards Scholarships to High School Students
The scholarships ranged from $10,000 to $500.
from the Redwood City Elks Lodge
The Redwood City Elks awarded four $1,000 Most Valuable Student scholarships to Redwood City high school seniors.
On Wednesday, April 18, the Redwood City Elks Lodge honored four Redwood City-area high school seniors as Most Valuable Students, awarding $1,000 to Yxenia Contreras, $1,000 to Ahmad Al-Zughoul, $500 to Carl Wasserman, and $500 to April Ochoa.
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Students were selected by the Elks Scholarship Committee. The ceremony and dinner was attending by these deserving students and their families, and awards were presented by Lyle Personette, the Lodge Exalted Ruler.
The Scholarship Committee also selected applicants to enter the National level Most Valuable Students Scholarship Program, which awards 500 scholarships nationwide, totaling $2,296,000.
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Two award recipients recently announced are Woodside High School student Meet Patel earning a $10,000 scholarship, and Student Joab Camarena earning a $4,000 scholarship.
Front: Yxenia Contreras, April Ochoa, Ahmad Al-Zughoul, Carl Wasserman, Chris Anderson*
Back: Carl Wasserman, Bernadette Hadnagy*, Lyle Personette, Sara Jones*
*Elks Scholarship Committee member
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