The Kiwanis Club of Alameda recently announced that it has awarded $35,000 in scholarships to five high school students in Alameda. Kiwanis awarded the scholarships based on the students’ submitted applications, their community involvement, educational factors and financial need. Parents and teachers attended a luncheon held at the Elks Club to honor the recipients. 

Pictured above, Cheryl Saxton, Kiwanis president, far left, and Jim Franz, Kiwanis past president, far right, flank the scholarship recipients.

The students, left to right, are: Ibrahim Balde and Anca Hommert, both from Encinal High School; Winnie Zhou from the Alameda Community Learning Center; Tiffany Wong from Alameda High School and Rongjian Yu from Alameda Science & Technology Institute.