By Jenny Chen The summer before 9th grade, Celia Islam went back to visit her grandparents in Bangladesh, like she always did. Except that this time, the town she was visiting, Sirajgang, had just been ravaged by an awful flood: houses were destroyed, schools were demolished, and children were displaced. “It looked completely different,” Islam said. Islam, now a graduating …
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By Aurora de Peralta Washington, D.C. – The Japan-America Society of Washington, DC held its 54th annual Sakura Matsuri Festival on April 12. Held each year as the climax of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Sakura Matsuri today is the nation’s largest one-day display of Japanese culture. This year, thousands of attendees from all ages and ethnicities crowded the six-block festival …
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MCDONALD’S® ANNOUNCES THE 11th ANNUAL MCDONALD’S EDUCATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR GREATER WASHINTGON D.C. AREA STUDENTS Applications must be postmarked by March 21, 2014 Washington, D.C. (February 4, 2014) – The McDonald’s Family Restaurants of Greater Washington, D.C. will honor area high school seniors through the annual McDonald’s Educates Scholarship Program. Eligible students can download an application by visitingwww.McDonaldsEducates.com. Applications must be postmarked …
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On August 18, 2013 McDonald’s partnered with Korea Daily to sponsor a college fair for Asian American high school students. Andrew Han, Montgomery County Prosecutor opened the event with a keynote speech. Also speaking was Kyu Rhee, a local Asian American McDonald’s owner and Victor Kim, winner of the MTV hit America’s Best Dance Crew and recent college graduate. This …
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On May 14th 2013, the McDonald’s Family Restaurants of Greater Washington, D.C. presented the McDonald’s Educates Scholarship to 60 outstanding local students, totaling nearly $105,000. Eliza Adhikari, Jae Wook Choi, Rafa Chowdhury, Megan Huynh, Shahzeb Khan, GyeongMin Lee, Do Yeon Park, Ana Gloribel Pereira, Yasamin Rahmani, and Khanh Vo were among the recipients. These students all demonstrated dedication to volunteerism, …
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