2014 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship recipients (Photo courtesy of HLSR)
(HOUSTON) — Close to 400 Texas students were awarded a total of more than $7 million in scholarships thanks to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Those students and their proud parents filled Hall E at NRG Center on Wednesday for a festive dinner celebrating the achievement.
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Alina Banda is a senior at Waltrip High School with plans to attend University of Houston in the fall.
“It’s an honor to be a recipient because it’s really hard to have money to go to college and all, so to have people donate money so that I can achieve and go to college, it’s a wonderful feeling,” Banda said.
Her dad, Rafael Banda, is grateful for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
“To me and her mom, it’s a blessing because if she didn’t get the scholarship, it would be almost impossible to be able to send her to college,” he said.
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The scholarships, totaling $7,056,000, were awarded through Rodeo Houston’s metropolitan, opportunity, school art and other scholarship programs.
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