Scholarships
Interested in applying for a Scholarship?
Please download the application from the Forms & Application section of this website.
We’ve established a very satisfying tradition of endowing scholarships to promising local youth for more than 50 years! Please enjoy reading about the program and its most impressive recipients!
The Redwood City Rotary Club understands the importance of education and has grown its fund to over $120,000 for the purpose of helping promising young men and women with financial assistance toward completing their formal education. The students are Redwood City residents from various schools and backgrounds. The awards are based on a number of criteria including scholastic ability, responsibility toward education, and financial need—with a special emphasis on community service.
Eight to ten youth benefit from scholarships each year. Awards range from $750 for those attending local community colleges to $1,500 for students matriculating at four year colleges and universities.
Scholarship awards are presented at the Redwood City Rotary Club Awards Luncheon held in late May at 12:00 noon, at the Redwood City Rotary Club’s regular meeting place: The Sequoia Club, 1695 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063. Students and their families attend this meeting which is one of the highlights of the Rotary year.
There’s always room in Rotary and in our Scholarship Committee for more committed folks! Contact Karen Krueger at karen.krueger@chw.edu for more information.
2010-2011 $2,000 Scholarship Award Recipients (See Photos)
The Redwood City Rotary Club is proud to announce their 2010 Redwood City Rotary Club Scholarship Recipients. The Rotary Club understands the importance of education and has awarded $14,000 for the purpose of helping promising young men and women with financial assistance toward completing their formal education. The students are Redwood City residents from various schools and backgrounds. Seven students will receive $2,000 college scholarships. The awards were based on a number of criteria including scholastic ability, community service, responsibility toward education and financial need.
The seven scholarship recipients are:
Kendall Cody, Sacred Heart Preparatory
Jessica Esquivel Rosales, Sequoia High School
Veronique Filloux, Woodside Priory School
Cinthya Flores, Cañada College
Kristine Kocjan, Saint Francis High School
Nancy Orocio, Sacred Heart Preparatory
Amy Parada, Sequoia High School
2009-2010 $1,500 Scholarship Award Recipients (See Photos)
• Claudia Norton - Sacred Heart Prep
• Nasim Barzanian - Notre Dame High School
• Hana Girardot - Woodside High School
• Gabriella Tripolsky - Woodside High School
• Ivette Black - Notre Dame High School
• Sara Healy - Woodside High School
• Sindy Crisostomo - Sequoia High School
• Seyed Taher Ghaemi - Carlmont High School
2008-2009 $1,500 Scholarship Award Recipients
- Lisa Gellerman - Woodside High School
- Joanna Guhit - Notre Dame High School
- Pyar Khatri - Carlmont High School
- Lorenzo Razo - Bellarmine College Prep
- Holly Withrington - Carlmont High School
- Stephany Contreras - Saint Francis High School
- Christina Powell - Sacred Heart Prep
- Cynthia Gonzalez - Menlo Atherton High School
2007-2008 $1,500 Scholarship Award Recipients
- Erin Takao - Carlmont High School
- Noel Chavez Guizar - Cañada College
- Ryan Duchin - Menlo Atherton High School
- Janet Girardot - Woodside High School
- Viral Shah - Sequoia High School
- Rachel Gordon - Sequoia High School
$750 Scholarship Award Recipients
- Sonia Diaz - Redwood High School
- Jeneene Gertz - Cañada College
- Jessica Huffman - College of San Mateo
2006-2007 $1,500 Scholarship Award Recipients
- Agustin Valverde - Sequoia High School
- Jennica Janssen - Carlmont High School
- Kyle Arshakuni - Woodside High School
- Angela McPhaul - Menlo School
- Katherine Ehat - Sequoia High School
- Bennett Roth-Newell - Woodside High School
$750 Scholarship Award Recipients:
- Cynthia Cruz - Menlo Atherton High School
- Antonio Gomez, Jr. - Menlo Atherton High School
- Erica Zabala - Menlo Atherton High School
2005-2006 $1,500 Scholarship Award Recipients
- Vanessa Langston - Sequoia High School
- Bianca Giusto - Woodside High School
- Heather Ann Losey - Woodside High School
- Ryan McRae - Bellarmine College Prep
- Nick Shah - Sequoia High School
- Stephanie Swenson - Woodside High School
$750 Scholarship Award Recipients:
- • Aide Reyes - Redwood High School • Dalia Pacheco - Redwood High School
Endowments
In addition to the funds donated by generous Rotarians each year, the monies for the Redwood City Rotary Club Scholarship program are made available through funding of Trust Accounts administrated by the Trustees of Redwood City Rotary Club Charitable Foundation upon selection of recipients by the Rotary Club Scholarship Committee. The trust funds are described as follows:
- The Ray Wilson Trust
- The Redwood City Rotary Club Charitable Foundation
- The Dave and Sibyl Schultz Scholarship Fund
- The Dr. Alan Bostwick Scholarship Foundation
- The George P. Chaffey Memorial Scholarship