Congratulations to our 2011 winners!

With an average of $11,000 per year we have given close to a quarter of a million dollars to scholars in the last 20 years. We would like to make that number bigger. Will you help us by giving of your time, talent or monetary donation? We would love to have more of the Police Officers and their families participate in this endeavor. It is the families of the Police Officers that receive the scholarships. WE NEED YOU! Come make a difference. Please call Jerry Zomorodian at 714-781-2999, or Cindy Su'a at 714-635-0272 for more information, or to give.

2011 SURVIVORS AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

$500.00                                                                        

Justin Faulkner – Riverside Community College, CA

$1,000.00                                                                     

Sasha Azze – University of Arizona

Matthew Berakovich – CSU Chico, CA

Sharissa Boatright – CSU Fullerton, CA

Cailey A. Hagenson – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Trevor Hagenson – CSU Fullerton, CA

Douglas Heinzel – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Kristen Heinzel – Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Ashlyn N. Medina – Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

Bailey Miller – Cal State Monterey Bay, CA

Shana Ned – San Diego State

Brandon J. Reed – CSU Fullerton, CA

Amanda N. Reveles – Point Loma Nazarene University, CA

All this giving makes me think of a story that my father used to tell me when I was young. There once was a man out hunting in the forest. He came upon a fox that had no legs. He got around by wiggling along on his belly. The man lamented the fact that God would let such a being be born.  As he was going on and on about the unfairness of this poor fox, a leopard came out of the trees carrying a freshly killed deer. He ate some and left the rest. The fox came out of the brush and ate freely of the meat. The man put the event to a coincidence, and continued his ranting about the unfairness of it all.

A few days later he was hunting again in the same area. He saw a Caspian tiger come into the clearing with a fresh kill, again he ate some and left the rest. Again the poor fox ate his fill. Well this got the man thinking, why should he work so hard if God took such care of this poor fox. He went back home and took a stool and sat on the street and begged. He got very little if anything at all. Again, he began lamenting his poor fortune. A very old man was walking by listening to his rants and stopped. He said to the man; “When some are unfortunate, or have great needs, our responsibility is to help them. You are not unfortunate, nor do you have great needs. This is why you are not successful in your begging. Go now and give to those who really need. That is your call.”

Since what he had been doing was not working for him, he heeded the old man's advice. He left some of his kill, when he was hunting, for the poor fox. He also brought back a few more birds for the widow with 10 children down the road. He began to give freely. With a happy heart, he then became quite successful and had a generous and sweet reputation.

And that is what my father told me.

Jerry Zomorodian
President
All American Petroleum Corp
Phone:(714)781-2999