COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY
AWARDS 109 SCHOLARSHIPS TO AREA STUDENTS
For Immediate Release
Contact: Gloria Duncan 707/579-4073
Santa
Rosa, CA — August 18, 2002
– Scholarships ranging from $200 to $50,000 were recently awarded to Sonoma county high school and college students by Community Foundation
Sonoma County. A total of $247,050 was distributed from 17 scholarship funds established at the Community Foundation.
According to scholarship coordinator Dana Johnson, 366 applications were received for the 109 available scholarships.
Students from high schools
in Cloverdale, Forestville, Geyserville, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Tomales and Windsor
received scholarships as well as reentry and college students from Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University.
Two Ukiah High School students were recipients of the Richard T. Torkelson Memorial Fund for Journalism scholarships
and a St. Helena High School senior received the Kirsten Venge Memorial Scholarship.
The largest number of scholarships were given by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which gave 17
awards totaling $15,000, and 100 Black Men, who awarded 14 scholarships totaling $12,500. The Charles DeMeo
Scholarship Fund awarded one $15,000 scholarship and the Richard T. Torkelson Memorial Fund for Journalism
gave eight scholarships amounting to $8,500. Other scholarship funds include the Jay Deaton Memorial ($800 for two scholarships);
Helen Kellum ($3,500 for four scholarships); Patriot’s Organization ($1,300 for two scholarship); Redwood Empire Estate Planning
Council ($900 for two scholarships);Carlisle Van Ornum/H.E.L.P., Healdsburg ($12,000 for twelve scholarships); Carlisle Van Ornum
Vocational, Cloverdale ($7,200 for nine scholarships); Kirsten Venge Memorial (one $1,600 scholarship); Andrea Vicini Memorial
($2,000 for four scholarships); Andy Wallstrum Memorial ($500 for one scholarship); Gertrude Young Memorial (one for $1,100); L.E.
and Eileen Castner Scholarship Fund ($150,000 for five four-year scholarships); Michael F. O’Donnell Memorial Scholarship Fund
(one $1,000 scholarship); and the Sonoma County Medical Association and Alliance Scholarship Fund ($5,200 for 13 awards).
Grants from the Wilson Winery Children of Vineyard Workers scholarship, a new fund established
at the Community Foundation in 2002 awarded $9,200 to twelve students.
Scholarship recipients are selected on a competitive basis, considering academic and non-academic factors
as well as demonstrated financial need. Some of the funds target students from specific areas of interest to the donor,
including high school attended, cultural background and academic/career focus. Awards ranging from $500 to $50,000
over four years are available to qualified students through the Community Foundation. More information can be found
at www.sonomacf.org.
Community Foundation Sonoma County was established in 1983 to create on ongoing source of funds for
local charitable organizations. Since that time, it has distributed more than $36 million in grants and scholarships,
including more than $16.6 million in 2001. It is a vehicle for community philanthropy that enables organizations and
individuals of modest means and significant wealth to contribute to a permanent endowment for the people of Sonoma County.
Individuals or organizations interested in starting a scholarship fund or transferring an existing fund
to the Community Foundation should call 707/579-4073.
Cori Garland
Nathaniel Henry
Jared Jackson
Joseph Rebottaro
Tyler Silva
Nathaniel Zapalski
Arthus Calzontzi
Tiffany Gomez
Maria Hernandez
Jennifer Larson
Richard Bray
Heidi Collingwood
Kyle Yeager
Liang Su
Lauren Ryan
Rodney Garcia
Kaneza Schaal
Kaneza Schaal
Crystal Lopez
Jose Paredes
Merlinda Gallardo
Daniel Valenzuela
Sarah Kornfeld
Elijah Rinn
Elijah Rinn
Mari Arzate
Francisco Soto
Amy Bolan
Athena Davis
Vicky Hidalgo
Heather Middleton
Sarah Neitzel
Katie Peters
Erin Seghesio
Amberlee Whitehurst
Christopher Kutches
Jennifer Costa
John Suazo
Mariana Garcia
Dina Poncia
Pauline Greenfield
Carlo Pedrazzini
Walter Pedrazzini
Christopher Verke
Ryan Miller
Christopher Verke
Colleen Popken
Margarita Losyev
Oriana Biela
Lara Tegnell
Brittany Aboutaleb
Brandon Walker
Anthony Isola
Brittany Aboutaleb
Preston Plummer
Jenny Sealy
Akilah Bonner
Elizabeth Wilson
Meghan Daniels
Adam Meyer
Valerie Workman
Valerie Workman
Christopher Morisoli
Michael Halvorsen
Jordan Kinley
Grace Miranda
Jordan Kinley
Ryan Grant
Julia Berian
Analicia Jesse
Crystal Kindle
Elena Rodriguez
Estella Barajas
Lucero Barajas
Lucero Barajas
Rachel Terry
Janine Dittmore
Aron Tesfasilassie
Alex Brown
Kasia Roca
Andrea Dunbar
Maria Avina
Lydia Brionez
Ana Chavez
Lisceth Cruz
Fernando Serrano
Jose Flores
Sarai Williams
Lisa Dowling
Zara Katz
Patricia Garcia
Elizabeth Gurney
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Nicholas Mattos
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Angela Chenoweth
Maya Remington
Yesenia Salas
Madeline Aseltyne
Eva Hansen Ukiah
Elvia Alvarez
Terah Tuck
Elvia Alvarez
Chantal Jenkins
Daniela Botello
Sara Klemin
Bailey Kennedy
Sara Klemin
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