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Congratulations, 2010 DVHS National Merit Finalist Joey Aiello, Anna Liu, Sabareesh Babu with Principal Denise Hibbard.
Fifty Dougherty juniors have met the requirements to enter the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program, the Evanston-based organization announced last week. Students become eligible for National Merit consideration based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which is given each fall. Dougherty’s fifty qualifiers are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million entrants.
Good luck to the following students: Laura Boardman, Natalie Cha, Evelyn Chang, Anshuman Chawla, Rona Chen, Zane Chou, Yue Dai, Ivan Gomes, Tracy Guo, Jae Kyung Han, Yumeng Hong, Linda Hong, Russell Hoover, Jason Hsiao, Zoe Hsieh, Naifang Hu, Jennifer Kim, Kyungeun Kim, Gloria Ku, Brandon Kutzler, Jaimie Kwon, Young Lee, Clement Li, Megan Liou, Michael Luo, Yujia Ma, Christine Nguyen, Rashi Ojha, Janice Ou, HeeEun Park, Yun Park, Ryan Perera, Fay Pon, Kaavya Ramesh, Saikrishna Ravipati, Rosanna Ren, Zachary Rice, Joonghoon Sim, Dylan Smith, Anisha Somani, Johnny Velasquez, Jegadeswaran Vigneshwaran, Michelle Wang, Melissa Wibowo, George Wu, Alton Zheng-Xie, Sharon Zhong, Stephanie Zhou, Zaid Ziauddin and Victoria DeMetz.
Of the more than 50,000 students who qualified to enter the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program, about 16,000 will be named National Merit semifinalists, and approximately 34,000 others will be commended for their performance on the 2009 PSAT/NMSQT. Semifinalists and commended students will be notified in September. Semifinalists will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for about 8,200 National Merit Scholarships to be offered in 2011.
Take an Elvis impersonator, add one congressman, a local mayor, three cheerleaders, a high school mascot a principal, a DJ and a columnist; mix in a dash of humor and a good cause. Throw liberally at unsuspecting shoppers.
That was exactly what happened at Safeway Monday afternoon as the store on Bollinger Canyon Road raised money to help the fight against prostate cancer.
Elvis impersonator Johnny Baron regaled shoppers and Dougherty Valley High School cheerleaders kicked up their heels — literally — while Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson, DVHS Principal Denise Hibbard, KKIQ morning show host Wayne Coy and a local columnist bagged groceries for shoppers.
Most of the shoppers were unaware their bags were being handled by the guest celebrities.
“Are you going to help me find a job?” college student, Kishmat Dhanoa asked upon being told that McNerney was her guest bagger.
“Absolutely,” McNerney responded.
None of the baggers seemed to mind being upstaged by Baron, who tailored Elvis lyrics to fit the fundraiser, or the cheerleaders, with their custom-made chants for the event.
“Safeway’s always been a leader in prostate cancer awareness,” said McNerney over Baron’s singing. “It’s a good cause and it’s fun to get out.”
Despite the good-matured tone of the event, Wilson had a deeper message.
“My father passed of prostate cancer and it’s important to make sure everyone’s aware of this: it’s curable if you catch it in time,” he said.
And if the shoppers didn’t know ahead of time, they were happy to chip in for the cause. Safeway raised more than awareness; the event brought in $300 between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m., the hour the guest baggers were on duty. The store raised $500 on Monday.
The fundraising will continue until the end of June. Since 2001, when Safeway became involved in the fight, the company and its shoppers have raised more than $54 million for prostate cancer research and awareness.
Source:
Wohltmann, G. (2010, June 21). Safeway enlists eclectic mix of local celebs for fundraiser . Retrieved June 24, 2010, from Danville Express: http://www.danvilleweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=3681
by Glenn Wohltmann
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