YVC Foundation Awards $665,500 in Scholarships for the 2018-2019 Academic Year
Student receiving scholarships

Yakima, WA- The Yakima Valley College Foundation will host their annual Scholarship Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 7:00pm in Sherar Gymnasium, Building 6. Scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year, totaling $665,500, will be presented to 227 students by Foundation Board Members. The average scholarship award is $3,000.

Since 1977, the YVC Foundation has worked to provide financial support to students. Starting with $140,000 from ten donors, the Foundation’s endowment has grown exponentially to over $12,000,000 from 150 donors. In its 40-year history the Foundation has awarded more than 5,000 scholarships to students, totaling more than $5 million.

YVC Foundation 2018-2019 Scholarship Recipients

About the foundation

For more information about the YVC Foundation or to become a donor please call 509.574.4645.

Contacts:

Jay Frank / 509.574.6870 / jfrank@yvcc.edu
Stefanie Menard / 509.574.4646/ smenard@yvcc.edu