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| Yelim Park |
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| Sydney Smith |
This year, Sydney Smith and Yelim Park were each awarded the scholarships.
Smith is a second year student at Schoolcraft College and a second year recipient of the award. She is a 2019 graduate of the Plymouth Canton Education Park. Smith said she loves hospitality, loves food service and hope to someday become a food director at a resort.
Park graduated in 2020 from Plymouth Canton Educational Park and is in her first year at Schoolcraft College. She is currently employed at Rocky's of Northville and her career goal is to be an executive chef at her own restaurant.
The scholarship was created 5 years ago to honor Karl's Cabin Restaurant in Plymouth founder Karl Poulos who worked in kitchens for more than 50 years. Poulos, an immigrant who overcame Nazi occupation in Greece and migrated to the U.S. in 1955, lived the American dream, current Karl's owners said. “A product of the Greatest Generation he was a kind, humble and a hard working family man,” they added. “His spirit lives at Karl's today.
“The Karl's Scholarship recognizes the need to promote social responsibility, humility, faithful commitment, work ethic and general kindness in the culinary industry. Since inception we have helped 22 local students pay for college by donating more than $28,000 in scholarships to Plymouth-Canton Community School alumni with the help of the Educational Excellence Foundation,” they concluded.
