Scholarships to Live Dreams and Move Forward

Have your donation DOUBLED by Global Giving starting on March 10th at 11 am EDT to be matched 100% while funds last!  We are also pleased to announce that Global Giving has awarded the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund with "Superstar" status for success over the past year.

Five of our scholarship students have sent letters about their progress and pictures from their practice wedding ceremony.  It looks like they learned and had a good time!  Three scholarship students will be graduating on March 13th.  The sixth scholarship student has been ill and is making up classes in hopes of graduating.on time.  We send her our best wishes for a speedy recovery.Three new Taylor Scholarship students have been accepted for the new school year starting in April.  They will join the two first year students who will be promoted to second year students  Please enjoy the pictures and messages and please give again so we may support five Taylor Scholarship students for the new school year.

Links:

• Sendai YMCA Hotel School Facebook Page

• Letter from Kyoka (PDF)
  
• Letter from Mami (PDF)
  
• Letter from Natsumi (PDF)
  
• Letter from Yoshi (PDF)
  

Sendai YMCA College President Kato reports that school classes ended last week and three of the scholarship students will graduate this year.  With the help of your donations there will be three new Taylor Scholarship students for the upcoming school year so there will be five scholarship students in 2015.  Taylor Scholarship students receive a tuition scholarship from The Sendai YMCA and a 400,000 yen living expenses scholarship from the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund (TAMF).

Each scholarship student is offered a scholarship because their family was affected by the disaster and they want to overcome it.  One of the current students lost her house. Her father ran his own inn and restaurant in Matsushima, but they were washed away because of tsunami. Another student is from Kesennuma and his father lost his job. The father works at a construction company, but his annual income is now not enough for a family to live. Those students would have to give up their dream to be a professional hotel service person without your help. Our first graduate, Yayoi Aiso successfully finished her study at YMCA college last year and now works at Yokohama Park Hotel.. Six students are currently being supported by Taylor Scholarships.

Taylor's parents and board members, Jean and Andy Anderson, and the TAMF Sendai representative, Mihoko Terada, had the wonderful experience of being hosted by the Taylor Scholarship students in December at the Sendai YMCA Hotel College. Each student shared a brief statement in English, answered questions and served tea, coffee and sweets.  We are proud to support these aspiring students!

Links:

• Sendai YMCA Hotel College Website