FAMILY STARTS SCHOLARSHIP IN BOY'S MEMORY.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer Adib Bam was just 7 when he collected $290 for breast cancer research, going door-to-door through his Encino neighborhood as part of a fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. project at Woodcrest Elementary School elementary school: see school. . He also had a side project - collecting children's books he planned to send to needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. children in Africa. But the books were never sent. Adib died Nov. 23, when an electrical fire ripped through his house - also destroying the 150 books he'd collected. Now, his family, wounds still fresh from the loss of their ``Student of the Month,'' has set up a scholarship for poor children around the world in his memory. ``We want to see Adib's smile in other kids' faces,'' said his father, Hamid. ``... I know he was very concerned about others. I just miss him. I practically was with him every lunchtime at school. We talked about his future, what he wanted to do. I miss him greatly.'' The boy's mother, Mona Bam, suffered burns over 40 percent of her body, and is still undergoing treatment. Hamid Bam suffered second- and third-degree burns third-degree burns npl → brûlures fpl au troisième degré third-degree burns third npl → Verbrennungen pl dritten Grades over 10 percent of his body and has returned to work as an instructor at DeVry Institute in West Hills. The couple's 10-year-old daughter, Kimya, was uninjured. The family has raised $20,000 for the scholarship, set up through the Mona Foundation. Donations can be sent to the Mona Foundation, 13922 64th Pl. W., Edmonds, WA 98026. For more information, go to the Web site at www.monafoundation.org A memorial service for Adib will be held at 7 tonight at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Baha'i Center, 5755 Rodeo rodeo (rō`dēō, rōdā`ō), public exhibition of the skill of cowboys in various activities. Events include riding broncos, riding steers, "bulldogging" steers, roping and tying steers and calves, the use of the lasso, and Road. ``I can already see a smile on his face,'' said his mother. ``He will be just like a shining star and smiling all the time.'' Jason Kandel, (818) 713-3664 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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