9 Recipients - 2019 Crestmoor Neighborhood Memorial Scholarships

Article Source: San Bruno Community Foundation

The foundation is pleased to share with you the latest news from the San Bruno Community Foundation: Today we are announcing the nine recipients of the 2019 Crestmoor Neighborhood Memorial Scholarship. In its fourth year, the Crestmoor Scholarship provides multi-year college scholarship awards to exceptional San Bruno students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the San Bruno community. This year, the Foundation is awarding nine scholarships totaling $120,000.

To fund the Scholarship awards, the Foundation is utilizing a portion of the restitution funds resulting from the City of San Bruno’s settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric Company following the 2010 gas pipeline explosion that devastated San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood. The Crestmoor Scholarship was created in 2016 in honor of the community members most directly affected by the disaster, especially the eight San Bruno residents who lost their lives. It ensures that the tragedy of September 9, 2010, is not forgotten and that the resiliency, teamwork, leadership, and commitment to community displayed throughout San Bruno in the aftermath of the explosion are honored in the annual recipients of the Scholarship.

Please see the press release, which is pasted below.

The Crestmoor Scholars' bios (above), may also view at https://www.sbcf.org/2019-crestmoor-scholars.

The Foundation will recognize the 2019 Crestmoor Scholars at its June 5, 2019, Board meeting at the San Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road. Community members (and the press) are welcome to attend and will have the opportunity to meet the Crestmoor Scholars at 6:30 p.m. at a reception preceding the 7:00 p.m. Board meeting.

Sincerely,
Leslie Hatamiya

Executive Director

San Bruno Community Foundation

lhatamiya-sbcf@sanbruno.ca.gov

Office (650) 763-0775
Mobile (650) 922-1223
www.sbcf.org

PRESS RELEASE

SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES FOURTH CLASS OF CRESTMOOR NEIGHBORHOOD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Foundation Awards $120,000 in Multi-Year College Scholarships to Outstanding San Bruno Students

San Bruno, California, May 15, 2019 –

The San Bruno Community Foundation today announced the 2019 recipients of the Crestmoor Neighborhood Memorial Scholarship. In its fourth year, the Crestmoor Scholarship provides multi-year college scholarship awards to outstanding San Bruno students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the San Bruno community. The 2019 Crestmoor Scholars include Capuchino High School seniors Jasmin Bedolla, Shriya Jayanthi, Kathy Lin, Zarian Martin, and Zidane Mili; Capuchino High School/Skyline Middle College student Nicole Liu; and Skyline College students Valentina Carreno, Michelle Huang, and J. Enrique Martinez.

To finance the scholarship program, the Foundation is using a portion of the restitution funds resulting from the City of San Bruno’s settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric Company following the 2010 gas pipeline explosion that devastated San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood. The Foundation created the Crestmoor Scholarship in 2016 in honor of the community members most directly affected by the disaster, especially the eight San Bruno residents who lost their lives. The scholarship program ensures that the tragedy of September 9, 2010, is not forgotten and that the resiliency, teamwork, leadership, and commitment to community displayed throughout San Bruno in the aftermath of the explosion are honored in the annual recipients of the Scholarship. Since 2016, 33 deserving San Bruno students have received Crestmoor Scholarships.

This year the Foundation is awarding nine scholarships totaling $120,000.

Headed to four-year colleges in the fall, Jayanthi (who will attend the University of Southern California), Lin (UC Berkeley), Liu (UC Berkeley), and Mili (Menlo College) will each receive a $20,000 scholarship ($5,000 a year for four years). Bedolla (who will attend College of San Mateo) and Martin (Cañada College) will each receive a $5,000 scholarship ($2,500 a year for two years). As transfer students, Carreno (who is headed to UC San Diego), Huang (UCLA), and Martinez (San Jose State University) will each receive $10,000 in scholarship funding ($5,000 a year for two years).

“The Crestmoor Scholarship invests in impressive young adults committed to giving back to the San Bruno community,” said Frank Hedley, President of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. “This year’s Crestmoor Scholars include social and political activists, police explorers, youth sports coaches, campus leaders, government interns, and accomplished athletes, artists, and musicians. We look forward to seeing these students pursue degrees in computer science, business, law, public policy, engineering, cognitive science, and other fields.”

This year, the Foundation received 68 applications for the Crestmoor Scholarship. In selecting the 2019 recipients from a competitive applicant pool, the Foundation’s selection panel evaluated, first and foremost, applicants’ demonstrated engagement in the San Bruno community, as well as their financial need, academic record, extracurricular activities, and examples of leadership, teamwork, and collaboration – important qualities that were displayed throughout the San Bruno community in the aftermath of the 2010 explosion and fire. Brief biographies of the nine 2019 Crestmoor Scholars are attached as well as posted on the Foundation’s website at www.sbcf.org.

The Foundation will recognize the 2019 Crestmoor Scholars at its June 5, 2019, Board meeting at the San Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road. Community members are welcome to attend and will have the opportunity to meet the Crestmoor Scholars at 6:30 p.m. at a reception preceding the 7:00 p.m. Board meeting.

The San Bruno Community Foundation is the nonprofit organization created by the City of San Bruno to administer the $70 million in restitution funds received from PG&E after the devastating 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood. The Foundation serves the San Bruno community by investing in projects, programs, services, and facilities that have significant and lasting benefits. Through making grants, leveraging partnerships, and taking advantage of other resources, SBCF assists and enables the community to maximize shared investments and realize their subsequent enhancements and benefits. For more information, visitwww.sbcf.org.

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