High School Scholarship Application

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December 2020

We had great applicants for the Violet Richardson Award this year and decided to give two awards.  Our 2020 Violet Richardson winners were Nouhamin Leoulekal, a student at Middle College High School and her volunteer organization, The Watershed Project, and Valeria Montes and her volunteer organization, Global Glimpse.

Nouhamin worked with The Watershed Project to tackle the problem of garbage and environmental  waste on her high school campus and on local creeks and beaches. Valeria developed a community action plan to work with Feeding America through Global Glimpse. She was able spread awareness about food insufficiency and to earn money and get donations to give to a food bank. 

See below for applications links.

March 2020

Our Live Your Dream Award winner this year is Kristin Lobos, a single mother with a young daughter.  We were not able to present Kristin's award to her in person as we were  sheltering in place.  She sent a thank you note in appreciation of her award.  It is heartwarming to know that we have invested in a young woman's dreams.  

We wish all of our awards winners the very best in their future endeavors.

In June 2020, we awarded one $5,000 scholarship to a very deserving young woman.  The impressive Richmond Soroptimist Scholarship winner for 2019-2020 is Kassandra Ruiz, a Pinole Valley High School student who is heading to UC Berkeley with goals of giving back to her community while she is at Cal and after she graduates.

The process this year, due to Covid-19 guidelines, was handled totally online. There were 13 highly-qualified applicants.  All of the girls had great academic records,  fantastic letters of recommendation, many community volunteer activities, and inspiring goals for their futures.