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CF Boleky Scholarship

$1,500
1 winner$1,500
Awarded
Application Deadline
Jul 29, 2024
Winners Announced
Aug 29, 2024
Education Level
Undergraduate
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Eligibility Requirements
Education Level:
Undergraduate student
State:
California

CF Boleky was a beloved friend who passed away too soon and is dearly missed by all who knew him.

Friendship can make a massive difference in the lives of students, with good friends acting as a support system throughout the ups and downs inherent in pursuing a college degree. True friendship takes loyalty, devotion, and sacrifice and shouldn’t be taken for granted.

This scholarship aims to honor CF Boleky by supporting students who have a strong relationship with their best friends.

Any undergraduate student in California who loves their best friend may apply for this scholarship.

To apply, tell us why your best friend is your best friend.

Selection Criteria:
Ambition, Drive, Impact
Published February 2, 2024
Essay Topic

Tell us about your best friend: share stories, defining moments, and why this friendship is important to you.

400–600 words

Winning Application

Kaycee Westfall
Modesto Junior CollegeCoulterville, CA
This hit home with me. I’d love to tell you guys about my best friend and cousin Angelo Bowers. He was the person I looked up to from a very young age, he was the comedian of the family which inspired me to want to make people laugh. He had an amazing heart, he was the light of my life. He was a few years older than me so he treated me like a younger sister most of the time, we were like siblings, best friends and cousins all in one ! What a special time it was. We grew up in a catholic family and when we would go to church we would try to sit as far away from our great grandma as we could because we knew we’d be laughing the whole time ! Making stick figures with our fingers and making them run on the pew and crash into each other. He would make silly faces and we would giggle if the priest would miss a note during his song. ( so terrible I know, I’ve apologized a million times, haha). We also used to go to Disneyland and we would be standing in line for rides and he would tell me “we’re all gonna die” while making funny faces which would in turn freak my 6 year old self out.. and I’d cry and embarrass my mom. One time on the way to Disneyland he decided he was going to flash his butt to a car on the grapevine which ended up making the person so mad that they got road rage over it and followed us around for quite a while. We were scared at the time, nothing ever came of it so we laugh about it now. He used to fart on my head at Christmas before we opened our Christmas presents. I’m telling you guys he was the silliest person you have ever met. We grew up close, really close. I was an only child so he was like a brother and a best friend all in one. We would shoot hoops and play soccer after school, he’d come pick me up and we would go have fun. What 15 year old wanted to play with their 9 year old little cousin. Well, he did. He changed my life. I can’t imagine what life would have been without him. Sadly I had to imagine what life was without him. He moved to LA to pursue a career in comedy back in 2010 and he lived there two years successfully before his life was taken short by a drunk driver in 2012. Months before he had been diagnosed with a lump in his chest. He was treating it and we all thought he was in the clear, just for his life to be taken by a drunk driver. We laid him to rest January 18th, 2012. It’s a day I’ll never forget. I still grieve. I still think of him so often. Little things happen weekly that remind me of him. His father passed about 6 months before his passing, and our grandma we used to embarrass in church passed a few months after Angelo did. I like to take comfort in the fact that they are all up there together watching and remembering all the good times, like I am down here. I think grieving is a never ending process, it changes slightly but never goes away. If you are interested in seeing my cousin go on YouTube and type in “ Road dog Angelo Bowers”. Thank you. Kaycee Westfall

FAQ

When is the scholarship application deadline?

The application deadline is Jul 29, 2024. Winners will be announced on Aug 29, 2024.

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