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The Chris Samuels Foundation will sponsor Suitland High School student Kayla Harley, 16, as she travels to New York to attend the Alvin Ailey School, the official school of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
The foundation awarded Harley $1,200 last summer to attend the Kirov Academy of Ballet in the District. She has performed at the Kennedy Center, at the Lincoln Theatre, with the Debbie Allen company and with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She holds 3.6 grade-point average, has contributed more than 100 hours of community service and teaches beginner dance classes.
The Chris Samuels Foundation was founded by and named after the Washington Redskins player.
Clinton resident Lula Hampton, 70, was one of 11 foster parents from the Washington area to be honored by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Freddie Mac Foundation on May 17 at the sixth annual Foster Parent Appreciation Gala held at Washington's Renaissance Hotel. Hampton won praise for taking as foster children three siblings, ages 2, 3 and 6, as well as an infant.
The program was hosted by Barbara Harrison, Channel 4 news anchor and host of the "Wednesday's Child" program, an Emmy-nominated weekly television feature that helps find adoptive families for children in foster care.
Bowie State University's Delroy Scott was one of seven student winners in Maryland to receive a $5,000 Diversity Congressional Scholarship award. He will also intern part-time with Sen. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) this summer.
The scholarships are made possible by a two-year, $50,000 grant provided by Comcast, which also helps offset the cost of the program and housing for the award recipients.
Landover-based Giant Food was recognized as employer of the year by the Marriott Foundation for its commitment to hiring young adults with disabilities. The company participated in the foundation's "Bridges . . . From School to Work" program, which was created to help youth with disabilities find employment.
Giant has hired 21 program participants in seven of its stores over the past 18 months and provided them with ongoing training and support, company officials said. The award was presented at the foundation's annual gala June 17 in Washington.
-- Compiled by AKEYA DICKSON
