| News - Friday, June 10, 2011
Weekly awards college scholarships to eight students
Holiday Fund supports students who have given back to community
Every year, community contributions to the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund are used to support local nonprofits as well as provide $1,000 scholarships to high school students who have been active in community service.
"We are able to award college scholarships to eight graduating high school students, recognizing them for their outstanding service involvement." Amy Renalds, promotions director for the Weekly, said of the annual grants.
The students represent four different schools and numerous nonprofits. Palo Alto High School's Cory Fung has been involved with the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo as well as the Palo Alto High School Library. Menlo-Atherton High School's Dalila Adofo was involved with East Palo Alto environmental service and urban-development programs.
The students and the colleges they plan to attend in the fall are:
Menlo Atherton High School
Dalila Adofo
San Francisco State University
Daisy Navarro
College of San Mateo
Gunn High School
Elliot Akama-Garren
MIT
Lucia R. Christensen
Middlebury College
Palo Alto High School
Kevin Ward
Howard University
Cory Fung
University of Oregon
Woodside High School
Nicholas Kasser
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Lan Huong Nguyen
San Francisco State
— Aaron Guggenheim | 
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