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Parkland parents award MSD students with scholarships in honor of their daughter

From left: Eden Samara, Caroline Kendall and Christine Yared. (Photo courtesy of Tony Montalto)

PARKLAND, Fla. ā€“ To honor his daughter on what would have been her high school graduation year, Parkland parent Tony Montalto is awarding students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school with scholarships and a grant in her name.

Montalto and his wife, Jennifer, created the Gina Rose Montalto Memorial Foundation to ā€œbring something positive to this community and help to keep Ginaā€™s light shining by helping others achieve their goals,ā€ he wrote.

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Along with a partnership with the Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Foundation, senior Caroline Kendall received the four-year Legacy Scholarship.

Seniors Eden Summers and Christine Yared were chosen to each receive a $5,000 Resilience Award.

Photo courtesy of Tony Montalto. (WPLG)
Photo courtesy of Tony Montalto. (WPLG)

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Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. She is now a general assignment reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the senior legislative correspondent for a United States senator on Capitol Hill.

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