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Kimberly Jenkins and Ja'Da Bennett
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Angela Potier and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Taylor Walter and Claire Fellema
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips and club President Steven Branham
Sjondi and Sabrina George
Joshua and Mariela Guiata
Bailey Pachter and Craig Was
Kelly Halliwell and Odane Lennox
Zoltan and Nick Karpathy
Mark and Marcia Keckstein, Emily Waikem and Maggie Harvey
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Ja’Da Bennett and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips and Anthony Cucci
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips and Sjondi George
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh,Sjondi George and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Patricia Griffiths and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Joshua Guaita and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Kelly Halliwell and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Coralie Jean-Mary and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Caroline Jungels and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Ryan Jungels and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Nick Karpathy and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh,Mark Keckstein, who accepted the scholarship on his daughter’s behalf, and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Odane Lennox and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Bryana Mammana and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Charles Martin and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Amanda Moura and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Monica Olender and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh,Bailey Pachter and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Asima Palmer, who accepted a scholarship on her daughter’s behalf, and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
an Phillips 798. Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Parth Patel and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Estefania Sanchez- Cabrejos and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Alejandro Torres and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Emily Waikem and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Taylor Walter and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Hayden Wilder and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation President Joe Walsh, Patch Chen and Scholarship Committee Chairwoman Susan Phillips
Kiwanis Club members Bob Gault, James Buchanan and Jim Larson
This year, the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key awarded 33 student scholarships between $1,500 and $2,000. In total, $63,000 was awarded.
A nursing school textbook could cost $500 or more.
That’s why students like Sjondi George, a junior attending the University of South Florida who will be buying those textbooks soon, were feeling extra grateful on Aug. 3.
The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key awarded $63,000 in scholarships this year. Students, their families and Kiwanis Club members gathered for the annual scholarship breakfast at the Harbourside Ballroom of the Longboat Key Club.
Although not all 33 recipients were in attendance, the ones that were took turns accepting their scholarship and thanking the Kiwanis Club. More than 100 students applied for the scholarships, Susan Phillips, chairwoman of the Scholarship Committee, said.
One of the hardest parts, Phillips said, is drawing that line when you have 100 applicants. She is astounded when she thinks about how smart and involved the applicants are, which came across in her speech.
"We’re not giving you anything,” she told the recipients. “You have earned this.”
For some students, like Emily Waikem, the scholarship means getting through dental school.
For others, like Caroline Jungels, it means going to graduate school. But overall, it takes away part of the financial burden many college students bear.
“It means less debt for us and knowing we had the support of the community behind us,” Ryan Jungels said.
