Seabreeze's Paula Telles, Alyssa Capel win Lions Club scholarships

Telles and Capel each won Youth Exchange Scholarships; Telles also won the Andy Romano Scholarship.

By Observer Staff
| 2:07 p.m. June 5, 2023

Hank Lunsford, president of the Ormond Beach Lions Club, withYouth Exchange Scholarship recipients Paula Telles and Alyssa Capel.

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Seabreeze High School seniors Paula Telles and Alyssa Capel were awarded scholarships by the Ormond Beach Lions Club and honored at a dinner May 11 at the Grind Gastropub in Ormond Beach.

Andy Romano Scholarship winner Paula Telles, third from left, with Joan Orr-Best, Andrea Howard and Trish Vevera of the Ormond Beach Lions Club Scholarship Committee.

Telles and and Capel each received a $1,000 Youth Exchange Scholarship. Telles also received the $1,000 Andy Romano Scholarship.

The Youth Exchange Scholarship is open to all high school seniors in the Lions Club District 35 service area, which includes 12 counties, according to a press release.

The recipients are selected based on financial need, personal or family adversity, extracurricular involvement, leadership, awards, volunteer services, employment and career objectives and goals.

Telles and Alyssa Capel were among nine Youth Exchange Scholarship winners chosen from over 100 applications.

The Ormond Beach Lions Club Andy Romano Scholarship is awarded to a Seabreeze student based on academic performance, community service, leadership, career objectives and financial need.

The Ormond Beach Lions Club is a volunteer organization that welcomes new members. For information, call 941-284-3241 or email [email protected].