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2008 Scholarship Winners
Palpung Lungtok Choeling awarded $1,000.00 scholarships to 12 Bay Area students on Saturday 7/19/08.
The students, 2008 high school graduates, were judged on their essays outlining how they will give back to society through community service. Other criteria included having been accepted at a 4 year university and to be financially disadvantaged.
The students are:
- EVELYN CHAN
Independence High School
- JENNIFER TRAN
Silver Creek High School
- CHELSEA HARRIS
American High School, Fremont
- JERRY LIN
John F. Kennedy High School, Fremont
- JIGNA PATEL
Washington High School, Fremont
- HAMZA FAKHRI
Burlingame High School
- ESTHER ZENG
George Washington High School, San Francisco
- BECKY CHEN
George Washington High School, San Francisco
- ALLEN CHU
George Washington High School, San Francisco
- SU PING MAI
George Washington High School, San Francisco
- JONATHAN YEO
George Washington High School, San Francisco
- SHAO JUN HUANG
International Studies Academy, San Francisco
Palpung Lungtok Choeling is a Buddhist organization established in San Jose in 2000. It is a branch of Palpung Sherab Ling the monastic seat of the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche in Northern India.
The Palpung organization believes that education is the cornerstone of our future and that young people are key elements for a better world. Therefore, the organization offered these scholarships to college bound students to give them an opportunity to succeed and become role models for other young people.
posted 7/23/08
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