2008 Scholarship Winners

Palpung Lungtok Choeling awarded $1,000.00 scholarships to 12 Bay Area students on Saturday 7/19/08.

The students, 2008 high school graduates, were judged on their essays outlining how they will give back to society through community service. Other criteria included having been accepted at a 4 year university and to be financially disadvantaged.

The students are:

EVELYN CHAN
Independence High School
JENNIFER TRAN
Silver Creek High School
CHELSEA HARRIS
American High School, Fremont
JERRY LIN
John F. Kennedy High School, Fremont
JIGNA PATEL
Washington High School, Fremont
HAMZA FAKHRI
Burlingame High School
ESTHER ZENG
George Washington High School, San Francisco
BECKY CHEN
George Washington High School, San Francisco
ALLEN CHU
George Washington High School, San Francisco
SU PING MAI
George Washington High School, San Francisco
JONATHAN YEO
George Washington High School, San Francisco
SHAO JUN HUANG
International Studies Academy, San Francisco

Palpung Lungtok Choeling is a Buddhist organization established in San Jose in 2000. It is a branch of Palpung Sherab Ling the monastic seat of the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche in Northern India.

The Palpung organization believes that education is the cornerstone of our future and that young people are key elements for a better world. Therefore, the organization offered these scholarships to college bound students to give them an opportunity to succeed and become role models for other young people.

posted 7/23/08