Los Angeles Sentinel
The Wilfandel Club awarded $5000 scholarships to each of seven Southern California high school students at a celebratory breakfast attended by their families, friends and club members on June 23.
The 2024 Fannie Williams Scholarship had five awardees – Mia Crocket of King Drew Magnet High School, Patrick Holloway of Loyola High School, Brendon Henderson of Woodrow Wilson High School, Travis Leonard of Junipero Serra High School and Shelby Solomon of St. Mary’s Academy.
The 2024 Nancy Griffith Memorial Scholarship had two awardees – Ramone Hamilton of Orange County School of the Arts and Alexis Martin of Chadwick School. In addition to $35,000 in scholarships, the seven awardees received a goodie bag and spoke to those gathered about their plans for college and beyond.
Representing The Club’s previous 2023 scholarship recipients, Anya Nelson and Wyatt Lewis, who attend Stanford University and University of Los Angeles respectively, each shared their freshman year experiences how the Wilfandel Scholarship helped and provided words of encouragement and advice to the 2024 Scholarship class.
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