Winners: EV Service Scholar Essay Contest 2010

Thank you for participating in the East Villagers Service Scholar Essay Contest! We really enjoyed reading every one of your essays and were truly inspired by your enthusiasm and passion for service. Your commitment to serving the community and making the world a better place is very commendable. We thank the Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation for their generous support and sponsorship.  All winners will be interviewed by our EV Team in-person or via Skype and featured on the East Villagers Non-Profit News Home Page. Winners from Northern California will be invited to read their essays at the annual Service Scholar Award Celebration hosted by the Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation.

It is our great pleasure to announce our 2010 Winners:

High School Service Scholars

First Place ($500 + EV T-Shirt): Brian Wong, Age 14 (Alameda, CA)

Second Place ($350 + EV T-Shirt): Subha Mohan, Age 17 (San Jose, CA) & Stephane Fouche (Spring Valley, NY)

Third Place ($150 + EV T-Shirt): April Sylvester, Age 18 ( Sywanee, GA) & Thy Vo, Age 18 (Anaheim, CA)

Runner Ups (Prize: EV T-Shirt): 
William Bauer, Age 18 (Closter, NJ) 
Grace Li, Age 14 (Manvel, Texas) 
Jenny Combs, Age 16 (Alabaster, AL) 
Verushka Soto, Age 16 (Moca, Puerto Rico) 
Hurjane Vongsachang, Age 16 (San Marcos, CA) 
Stewart Pence, Age 17 (Joplin, MO) 
Max Wallack, Age 14 (Natick, MA) 
Angela Hart, Age 17 (Reading, MA) 
Leighton Bell, Age 18 (Metairie, LA)

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Middle School Service Scholars

First Place ($300 + EV T-Shirt): Sharon Li, Age 12 (Manvel, Texas)

Second Place ($200 + EV T-Shirt): Ashleigh Santaliz, Age 13 (Howard Beach, NY)

Third Place ($75 + EV T-Shirt): Zack Anderson, Age 13 (Renton, WA) & Breanna Berry, Age 13 (Clovis, CA)

Runner Ups (Prize: EV T-shirts): 
Eric Li, Age 9 (Manvel, Texas) 
Daniel Colina, Age 13 (Waco, Texas) 
Justus Aarhus, Age 13 (Georgetown, Texas)

Please comment below or email us your size (adult S, M, L, XL) to claim your EV T-shirts. (eastvillagers@gmail.com)

Honorable Mention Service Scholars (Prize: 2000 points)

Joshua Caleb – Brazil Church Builder
Shanique Thomas – Sister has Cancer
Carolyn Walker – Shoeboxes for Homeless
Sabrina Schiermeyer – Cancer Patient
Chanapa Tantibanchachai – Tutor who had to deal with her own blood disorder
Lauren Rohrs – Missionary to Louisiana and West Virginia
Tylyn Trummer – Service Trip to Uganda Africa to help school children and AIDS patients
Annika Mizel – Freed 12 slaves through her initiative in “Loose Change to Loosen Chains”
Linda Myrna Pachero – Mother has Cancer yet still perseveres to help tutor spanish and at local offices
Carrie Baum – Raised over $15,000 to build church and orphanage in India with best friend
Julie Tran – Painted chicago Asian American Mural in downtown chicago
Charles Allen Tillery – Initiated ongoing food collection and donates items to their community
Alexander Silady – Started ESL courses to benefit his community
Dane Austreng – Started Kelso Clean-Up to help beautify community — 3 friends became hundreds of volunteers.
Esther Machibya – Community Altruism by working closely with Teen Court
Caroline Pledger – Father is blind, but has tons of initiatives and is a serial volunteer and organizer
Johanel Caceres – Youth Justice
Alan Li – Takes the initiative to do things, namely the optimist club at his school
Michelle Tan – Helps brother with disability and volunteers at St. Agnes Center
Kayla Davis – Has fiery attitude regarding lack of care in today’s society. Works for human rights as well.
Colleen Tan – Realized a cultural disconnect between Chinese and Chinese-Born Americans regarding culture. Volunteers as English teacher in Nangken, China.
Eric Dice – Built benches and gardens to beautify his community
Chanelle D. Baker – Felt need to raise awareness for irresponsible drivers. Started “Stop Texting, Just Drive” initiative and Hats for Haiti.
Mary A. McIntosh – Teen Feed to help provide meals for homeless teens
Jessica Guthrie – Fought her personal demons and helped promote Relay for Life
Kayla Brock – has a HUGE heart for service in St. Louis, Alaska, Mexico, etc..
Jenniger Lysaythong – Tutors in Asia and America
Josefina Ruiz – Greatly serves the Hispanic community around her
Jasmine Pettaway – Has great insight into service work and the world while appreciating everything she has
Victoria Hwang – Brother has Down Syndrome, teaching her the importance of service and volunteerism
Chelsea Wallace – After helping research Celiac Disease, found out that she had the disease as well and the importance of raising awareness for Celiac Disease
Brandon Lucas -Missions in Mexico, Alaska, and in America
Jessica A. Jordan – Gained confidence through her initiative of a Blanket Donation project.
Kathleen LaRiviere – worked with Habitat for Humanity for over 9 years (since age of 13)
Cara Palmer – Absolutely fanatical about Water, teaching about its importance around the world
Colleen Kendall – Spiritual Volunteer at a Hospital
Alexis I. Foxx – Artist for childrens’ stories and has a good sense of business initiative
Amy Hyman – Feminist Activist for Womens’ rights
Amanda Dlugi – has tremendous work ethic and leadership experience
Heather Carmichael – After father passed away, she matured as a volunteer and citizen
Sara Argabright – Loves Nature and works at the Creative Learning Center Nature Exchange
Kevin Huynh – Embraced a variety of community service opportunities in his city
Ashley Howard – tireless social worker
Mackenzie Jacoby – Works in Brazil and shows a tremendous business mind because of it. Works with children in Central America and anywhere else she can help
Ayla Pelton-Cox – Serves a great deal despite family’s financial disposition.
Jessica Barajas – Started Photovoice for Gangs and struggling minorities
Victoria Hurley – Camp NOVA for children with Seizures after her mom sparked her interest (she was current director)
Chelsea Lynne Sandmeyer – Changed a great deal due to selfless service. Worked everywhere from Bethea to Liberia
Cassandra Kay Howey – Persevered a great deal in her life and continues to help others through volunteer work around the world.
Donovan Westbrooks – His life is to serve. He can’t live a day without it.

To claim your points, please comment below or email eastvillagers@gmail.com with your login email for East Villagers. Thank You.

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   Daniel Colina says:

   July 14, 2010 at 3:49 pm

   Daniel Colina is one of the runners-up in the middle school essay contest. His t-shirt size is adult medium. Thank you for sponsoring this contest; it was a great chance to get Daniel to think some about how he values service to others.
   Ann Colina

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   Stephane Fouche says:

   July 20, 2010 at 8:51 pm

   This is really amazing. I am currently on vacation visiting some family in Texas. I was just on the internet and I was bored. I put my name on Google and it brought me to East Villagers.

   I remember vividly when I applied for this scholarship, but now I will really remember even more myself screaming and running crazily around the house because I won.
   This is really just… Amazing!

   Thank you East Villagers

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