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Feb 5, 2008

"Learn and grow all you can; serve and befriend all you can; enrich and inspire all you can." --William Arthur Ward

The Good Waiter's Tip

A full scholarship to a private college for a waiter? Now that's a tip. Two years ago, Marvin Burchall was working the lunch shift at a luxury beachside hotel in his native Bermuda when he waited on an administrator from Endicott College, just north of Boston. To him, Lynn Bak was just another customer, another tourist visiting the island getaway. But Burchall's service was impeccable, and his attentiveness and amiable manner caught Bak's eye. She gradually got to know Burchall, a 23-year-old who had dropped out of college during his sophomore year to work at the hotel. The better she knew him, the more she was struck by his poise and potential. What follows is a story of generosity and a dream-come-true.