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The BECU Foundation has awarded $3,000 college scholarships to Kent’s Maria Namuddu and Sydney Walker.
They’re among 80 students to receive the award. Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their academic performance and passion for helping others, through volunteering. Since 1995, the BECU Foundation has awarded more than $2.2 million in scholarships to 950 student members.
Namuddu, a Washington State University student studying nursing, volunteered at a food drive at the Salvation Army in Renton where she sorted out donated food.
“When I was in Africa we had a problem of hunger. Knowing what it means to go without food, this inspired me to volunteer in the hunger food drive at the Salvation Army in Renton,” she said. “From this service I learned that hunger is an issue around the world and it is up to us to help those in need. Together as one we can overcome the hunger problem and make the world a better place to live.”
Walker, a Brigham Young University student studying communications, served in Arizona as a missionary, reaching out to others by comforting them and proselytizing.
“I realized that people are more alike than they are different. Service and love can overcome any supposed difference we might think we have with others,” Walker said. “I talked with people who had struggled with depression and suicide, lost loved ones and lost jobs. People are resilient. People are strong. People can find joy in any circumstance. In watching people overcome these challenges and devastating moments, I too found joy. Joy came to me, as I derived my purpose from putting other people’s challenges above my own.”
Elsewhere
Kent’s Emily Church, Shaun Fisher, Katlin Martin and Sarah Zeitler have been named to the Whitworth University Provost’s honor roll for spring semester. … Kent’s Jonathan Gildart graduated with honors (cum laude) from Adams State University (Alamosa, Colo.) with a degree in business administration. … The Kentlake PTSA Class of 2017 is partnering with Clothes for the Cause, a fundraising company that collects clothes in exchange for cash, to raise money for Grad Night Party. Donations can be dropped off at the Safeway parking lot, at 17501 se 272nd St., Covington, on Saturday and Sunday, from 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, contact coordinator Cindy Spencer at 425-922-2493, Facebook at Clothes for the Cause, Twitter @Clothes4_Cause, Instagram Clothes4_Cause or online at clothesforthecausefundraising.com.
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