The Edmonds Community College Foundation on Jan. 18 celebrated its annual Breakfast of Champions, which included scholarship awards.
Linh Tran, 18, received two scholarships through the Foundation. Tran left Vietnam at age 17 to study at EdCC. In her second year, she is active in student government while pursuing an associate in business transfer degree.
Fellow scholarship recipients Naol Debele, from Ethiopia, and Leah Lesperance, who was once homeless with her two daughters, also spoke at the event.
In all, the Foundation awarded 216 scholarships, totaling over $270,000, for the 2016-17 academic year. The Foundation holds a gala fundraiser, “Making Dreams Take Flight,” at 6 p.m. April 29 at the Future of Flight in Mukilteo. Learn more at edcc.edu/foundation or call 425-640-1707.
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