The Renton Community Foundation handed out scholarships to 14 people Wednesday.

As part of this year’s ceremony, a grad student the foundation originally planned to bestow a scholarship on decided they didn’t need the money after having received another generous scholarship.

So that student asked that the money go toward other students and the Renton Community Foundation was able to give an additional $1,000 to two award recipients.

The scholarships given out Wednesday afternoon were for the Dolores Gibbons Scholarship for students pursuing a career in education.

The Carl and Betty Rochet Scholarship for students pursuing a career in communications was also given out.

The Helen Dyrdal Scholarship was awarded, as well as the Jeremey Gidlund Memorial Scholarship to high school seniors in the special-needs program.

The Gidlund scholarship was created in memory of Jeremey Gidlund, a Lindbergh High School student in the special needs program, who died in a street racing accident.

The Dyrdal scholarship is unique because it awards to college undergraduates, graduate students and those in a certificate program, who may be re-entering the workforce or returning to work from military service.

This year’s scholarship winners are:

• Dolores Gibbons Scholarship: Kelsey Nolan – $500

• Carl and Betty Rochet Scholarship: Thomas Nguyen – $1,000

• Jeremey Gidlund Memorial Scholarship: Kevin Mai – $500, Amber Sanders – $500, Skyler Bluhm – $1,000, Peter Duzniak – $1,000

• Helen Dyrdal Scholarship: Soradket Leng – $2,500, Laura Timm – $1,000, Najma Osman – $1,500, Jennifer Nguyen – $2,500, Charisse Timbol – $5,000, Anna Graklanoff – $2,000, Chandra Cogburn – $2,500, Katie Hancock – $5,000.