News
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007
Clackamas Print
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Military families get extra help
baying for school at Clackamas
. Lindsey Decker
Clackamas Print
I With college tuition in
Oregon rising, many find
tlemselves in need of finan
cial aid.
■ Among those many are mil
itary families.
■ The
Military
Family
Endowment, an ongoing fund
raiser at Clackamas, goes
toward scholarships, book fees
and other educational support.
People who qualify for the
endowment are soldiers on
active duty, Oregon National
Guard reservists, veterans and
survivors of the Iraq war.
■ This million-dollar endow
ment will generate $50,000
alyear to help send military
families to Clackamas in the
fwure.
■Organizing the fundraiser is
Shelly Parini, who is the exec
utive director of the College they needed extra help finan
Advancement Foundation.
cially.
“I
put
“This is a
together what
gift that will
I thought was
keep giving for
want the
a good plan to
generations,”
attract contri
soldiers to
Parini said of
butions,” Parini
the endowment.
know that
said.
“I want soldiers
someone cares
Because of
to know that
the hardships of
someone cares
about them
war, some mili
about them and
and their fami
tary families
their families.”
lies. 99
cannot afford
Community
a good educa
members
tion.
Lowell
and
Parini com
Janet
Miles
posed a survey
brought forth
asking Oregon
the idea of start
Shelly Parini
National Guard
ing the endow
Executive
Directpr
members ques
ment.
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tions
about
then teamed up
their families
with Parini to
and what pro
discuss military
grams would benefit their edu families’ educational needs
cation and military training. and what groups they would
Out of 100 soldiers, 92 said help within the service.
The couple owns Miles
Fiberglass and Composites,
in Oregon City, and are just
one of the many companies
that have contributed time and
money to the endowment.
“I wanted to do something
for military families,” Parini
said. “This endowment is giv
ing military families an oppor
tunity to advance themselves
through career training and
education.”
Parini arranged banquets
for the Oregon National Guard
and large companies in the
Portland area. At these ban
quets, she started raising
money for the endowment.
The first banquet was
held during the summer of
2007. Large companies, like
Fiberglass and Composites,
donated money to the cause.
At. the first banquet, Parini
raised $15,000 in pledges.
Currently, there is enough
money to start sending veter
ans to school in 2008.
“I had family in the Vietnam
War who were treated poor
ly when they came home.
Regardless of how one feels
about the war, these people
áre serving our country. It’s
only right that we help them,”
said Parini. “This is not about
politics; its about helping peo
ple.”
Parini went public with the
Military Families Endowment
on Oct. 9 by hosting a banquet
where community members
were invited to come and lis
ten to her proposal to aid mili
tary families. She hopes the
public will respond well and
help raise even more money.
For more information
about the Military Family
Endowment, please con
tact Lori Lunchak, presi
dent of Miles Fiberglass and
Composites, at 503-775-7755.
Regional Phi Theta Kappa event promotes leadership, service
Riley Lundgren
The Clackamas Print
Leadership, scholarship,
fellowship and service are
the standards that the Phi
Theta Kappa (PTK) plans to
address while at the college
this weekend.
Students from across
the Cascade Region will
attend the seminar hosted by
Clackamas’ Alpha Xi Zeta
Chapter.
“So far, participants have
registered from as far away
as the College of Southern
Idaho,” said active PTK
member Chris Hinton.
“What is amazing about
this particular event is that
we are being highlighted by
Phi Theta Kappa International
for doing it,” he added.
The PTK chose the Alpha
Xi Zeta Chapter to host the
seminar due to its strong
connection to the aforemen
tioned four hallmarks that it
represents.
The event’s activities will
challenge PTK members on
all that they stand for.
“There will be a Real World
exhibit set up by Medical
Teams International,” said
Vice President of Leadership
Jeff South.
The Real World exhibit
will be a display that includes
hypothetical situations, such
as a garbage dump in Mexico
where families live and a
medical triage clinic in New
Orleans after a hurricane.
PTK members will interact
and figure out how to best
deal with these circumstanc
es.
The students will meet
throughout the day to reflect
on the issues they have seen
and discuss their ideas.
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nar. Speakers will include
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at the college on Oct. 27 and
28, starting at 9 a.m. The
seminar is free to anyone in
the Alpha Xi Zeta Chapter.
For more information,
contact the PTK via e-mail
at phitk@clackamas.edu or
visit the Associated Student
Government here on campus.
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