It can already be tough growing up without a parent-let alone trying to support yourself through college without parental help. That's why Karl Winsness is lending a hand.
As a means of (help) out local kids, Winsness created the only scholarship (奖学金)in the country that (give) to children with parents in prison (监狱).
Winsness, who calls his educational gift the "Willy the Plumber Scholarship", only makes about $ 30,000, working as an ordinary worker. The father of two says that he is able (afford) the scholarship by living a relatively simple lifestyle.
Winsness spreads word of the scholarship (simple) by spreading homemade fliers (传单)around Salem, Utah. While the sum of the scholarship (be) only about $1,000, the 17 receivers of the scholarship say that the money means a great deal to their own (wallet)—as well as their self-respect.
One of the youths parents both went to prison when she was 5 years old said: "You get really clown on (you), people judge you, you feel like you can't do anything. Then, all of a sudden, you have this stranger who has belief you and knows that you're not who your parents are."
