This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.Community CornerEmotional Support + Financial Support = SUCCESS!Community Contributor|Updated Mon, May 19, 2025 at 4:06 am PTSince 1999, Assistance League® Diablo Valley’s Scholarships program, presently co-chaired by Cindi Segali and Susan Angle, has provided financial and emotional support to high school, ...
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Emotional Support + Financial Support = SUCCESS!
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|Updated Mon, May 19, 2025 at 4:06 am PT
Since 1999, Assistance League® Diablo Valley’s Scholarships program, presently co-chaired by Cindi Segali and Susan Angle, has provided financial and emotional support to high school, community college and university students as well as returnees to the academic arena. Each applicant, 68 in total this year, has expressed a desire to advance through education by maintaining a designated grade point average, volunteering in campus and community projects and charting an academic timeline.
The 2025 Scholarships categories, seven in total, include Foster/Kinship Youth, High School, Community College, Return to School, Lisa Parker Hearst Memorial, and Vocational/Technical/Trade Awards
During the Awards presentation held on May 14, at the Pleasant Hill Community Center Perera Pavilion, Scholarships recipients, i.e., aspiring aerospace engineers, mechanical engineers, nurses, pre-med candidates, business gamechangers, psychologists and social workers, acknowledged the generosity of foundations, individual donors (chapter members included) and revenue earned at the Assistance League Thrift Shop, the chapter’s primary fundraiser located in Lafayette.
Of note, Aasim Yahya, a multiple recipient, was awarded a High School Scholarship in 2019 and the Judy Oliphant Memorial Scholarship for the remaining three years of his undergraduate study at UC Berkeley. He is currently attending Stanford Law School, on scholarship.
Their collective message exuded gratitude and humility, laced with well-deserved confidence. Each will contribute to the academic prestige of such notable institutions of higher learning as Johns Hopkins, Howard University, Penn State, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA.
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Scholarships Committee members look forward to following the additional accomplishments of these remarkable students in the ensuing years. To learn about Assistance League Diablo Valley’s other hands-on programs, please visit: assistanceleague.org/diablo-valley.
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