On Wednesday, May 18 the Des Moines Dollars for Scholars organization held their annual scholarship presentation at the Des Moines Yacht Club.

Active since 2001 this locally operated organization pulls together Scholarship funds to support education among area students. To date they have awarded 164 scholarships totaling more than $160,000.

This year’s scholarships and winners were:

Des Moines Yacht Club First Mates
Benjamin Croom
Monica Nobbay
Lebeza Alemu

Des Moines Rotary Scholarships
David Johnston
Sukhman Kaur

Recology/Cleanscapes Scholarship
Carly Strayer

BJ and Anna Bjorneby Scholarship
Austin Blake

Ronald Millheisler Scholarship
Kory Watson

Steven J. Underwood Memorial Scholarship
Angela Truong

Southwest Seattle BPW Scholarship
Vivian Lam

Geraldine Sorensen Scholarship
Jaclyn Hill

Des Moines Dollars for Scholars
Anh Tuyet Vo
Hailey Johnston

Photographer Michael Brunk was at the event and shot the following photos: