Press Release

Sausalito Woman’s Club Scholarship Recognition Fund Awards $61,500 to Local Students

 

Sausalito, Ca. – June 4, 2017 – The Sausalito Woman’s Club presented $61,500 in educational scholarships to 33 high school graduates and college students from Sausalito and Marin City on Sunday, June 4. The scholarships were awarded at a special ceremony and reception held at the Sausalito Woman’s Club to honor the students.

SWCSRF Chair Stephanie Leonard welcomed more than one-hundred guests to the event, congratulating and praising the scholars, “We are so pleased to be able to support such incredible students and are thrilled to announce today that we have now awarded more than $1,000,000 since our founding 60 years ago.” Local celebrity Noah Griffin was the event’s guest speaker.

This year, eleven scholarships named for individuals and organizations that have been a special part of the SWCSRF were awarded to the following students:

 

• Stephen Bordes – Gilbert Purcell & Roxanne Sheridan Scholarship
• Birgitta Danielson – Phil Frank Memorial Scholarship
• Anna Dawson – Elizabeth McBride Scholarship
• Blanche Duann – Sausalito Presbyterian Church Scholarship
• Malachia Hoover – Lobo Family & Brandon Yates Scholarship
• Linh Huynh – Nancy Debruyn/Shannon Bell Memorial Scholarship
• Misbah Mamoon & Dany Rodas – Sausalito Woman’s Club Scholarship
• Ayana Morgan-Woodward  – Michele & David Benjamin Scholarship
• Julia Piedimonte – Elaine B. Squires Memorial Scholarship
• Noorisingh Saini – Michael Heyman Memorial Scholarship

 

The SWC Scholarship Recognition Fund was established in 1956 by members of the SWC in order to provide financial support, encouragement and acknowledgement to deserving students seeking higher education who reside in Sausalito or Marin City. The Fund is supported by donations, proceeds of numerous fundraising activities and commemorative and memorial gifts. Over the past 60 years, the program has awarded in excess of $1,000,000 in local scholarships. The SWCSRF, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors made up of SWC members. http://swcsrf.info.