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Two Scholarships for Restaurant Workers and Their Children
Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship
Two $1,000 scholarships for restaurant workers and children of restaurant
workers are available from the Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Scholarship,
a program of the Asian Pacific Fund. The scholarship, founded in 2005, honors
the values of Detroit restaurant owners Shui Kuen and Allen Chin through
supporting the education aspirations of children of workers in the Asian/Pacific
Islander food service industry in the U.S. Eligibility criteria are:
- Self or parent currently or formerly employed at an Asian-owned or Asian
cuisine restaurant
- Community advocacy and social justice work on behalf of Asian American,
immigrant, gay and lesbian and other progressive causes
- Grade level: Incoming freshman or current, full-time undergraduate in
2011-12
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Status: U.S. citizenship or permanent residence
- Completed application includes:
- on-line application with essays
- most recent official transcript(s) of grades (including grading
scale)
- resume (paid or unpaid work experience, school activities, family
responsibilities, community service, honors and awards)
- two letters of recommendation, at least on of which is a from a
current teacher or professor
- FAFSA Student Aid Report
Application Deadline: March 17, 2011Click here for the on-line application.
The Asian Pacific Fund is a community foundation established to improve the
health and well-being of all Asian Americans in the Bay Area. The Fund offers 17
scholarship programs to help undergraduate and graduate students achieve their
education and career goals. For more information, please go to www.asianpacificfund.org where
you can find a link to all the scholarship programs that they offer.
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