Greenspring Village recently awarded 32 student dining services employees scholarships of $10,000 each, and was recognized for this achievement at a recent Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting.
“Looking over many of the things they’ve done, you can’t help but have this one jump out and grab you,” Supervisor Jeff McKay (D-Lee District) said at the July 29 Board of Supervisors meeting. “This is a huge commitment on behalf of Greenspring.”
The 32 students have worked at least 1,000 hours at Greenspring, and have maintained satisfactory grades and a clean discipline record.
“When you look at the philanthropy efforts across the county, we are really blessed with resources and a lot of times we forgot those who may not be. This is an opportunity for us to give to tomorrow’s leaders. It is remarkable,” McKay said.
All of the scholarship recipients are attending college or trade school in the fall. Several of the recipients attended West Springfield High School, Hayfield Secondary School, South Co
Scholarship Recipients
Yusra Abdelmeguid, West Springfield High School
Ayah Alshantir, Lake Braddock Secondary School
Adam Atienza, Lee High School
Jonathan Toth, Toth Academy
Jordon Brown, Hayfield Secondary School
Amari Byrd, Hayfield Secondary School
Sarah Cox, West Springfield High School
Carla Diani, West Springfield High School
Ridge Duncan, Lake Braddock Secondary School
Sherif Elnakhal, West Springfield High School
Stephanie Flores, Lee High School
Nohamin Gebremichael, Lee High School
Kimberly Gyimah, Hayfield Secondary School
Moriah Handy, Hayfield Secondary School
Sarah Husseini, West Springfield High School
Sharanpreet Kaur, Lee High School
Miriam Kebrom, Annandale High School
Matthew Kelliher, Lake Braddock Secondary School
Sara Khan, Annandale High School
Razan Kheirich, Falls Church High School
Andrew Manson, South County High School
Cesia Marquez, West Springfield High School
Mark Namoco, West Springfield High School
Tatyanna Neumann, West Springfield High School
Florence Popal, West Springfield High School
Emanuella Solomon, Hayfield Secondary School
CatDzung Tong, Annandale High School
Pacharaporn Tunsarawut, West Springfield High School
Nimra Viryam, South County High School
Ngoc-Hanh Vo, Hayfield Secondary School
Amber Wihshi, Hayfield Secondary School
Daniel Williams, Lee High School
unty High School, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Lee High School, and other schools in Fairfax County.
“This year, more student employees received scholarships from Greenspring than any year since the program began in 1999,” said Jean Landreville, executive director of Greenspring.
Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, called Greenspring a “special place.”
“It’s a really active community and this program is just exceptional,” Bulova said. “Thank you to the residents to help encourage our young people and to open doors for them.