Napa Elks Lodge No. 832 hosted dinner for 16 high school scholarship recipients and their families. Scholarships awarded totaled $16,000.

Students receiving new scholarships were graduating seniors Conor Fitzpatrick, Aaron Reich, Taylor Smith, Rylee McGill, Paige Tsai, Marco Delaroche, Spencer May, Alexandra Pearson, Craig Cybulski, Zachary Potter, Laura White, Zachary Wagner, Tayler Tildley, Angelica Mewhorter, Sierra Smith and Melissa Smith.

Alex Mantor was awarded a total of $4,400 as winner of the Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student and District 2 scholarships. Each student spoke of their academic achievements and the college they would be attending.

In the past 13 years, the Lodge’s Larison Scholarship Fund has awarded $253,950 to 223 graduating students of Napa County public and private high schools.