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NEWS 2 Students find aid in local non-profit CCC FOUNDATION AWARDS STUDENTS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS " BY WILLIAM FARRIS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT 8 - * - College and higher education can be a powerful thing in p eo p le’ s lives. It can open the door fo r new job opportunities and- help people achieve their dreams. However, as m any students across the nation can tell you, college is expensive. The tu itio n and co st o f bo o ks alon e can reach thousands of dollars and that’s not even including the cost of living. It’ s an unfortunate fact that many people today sim ply can ’ t afford college on their own, arid because of that don’t seek higher education even if they want to. Which is why organizations like the Clackamas Com m unity College Foundation are founded to help students and give back to the community. The CCC Foundation is a n on -p ro fit organization composed o f 30 volunteers that exists separate from the college itself. Their m ission is to raise money for different scholarships to give to students and funds to put directly into the college and its campuses. They do this through a variety of methods including fundraisers both on campus and in com m unities and donatioris from people, alumni arid businesses. In fact, according to foundation head Paul Moredock, m any businesses events on campus like the CCC W restling Grab Feed last September or o ff campus like the annual Corporate Challenge were both hosted by the foundation for the com m unity that bring in funds for scholarships. The latter also draws the attention o f m any businesses on an annual basis all of w hich amounts to an impressive am ount of m oney awarded to students. “ It’s really to try and help foster a sense o f community and continue to get word out that our scholarships provide a huge value to students...” - Paul Moredock give because they “ ... see the value of our programs and say you know it’s a direct benefit for me to put some money into a scholarship so that people w ho graduate from those programs, we have a good chance of hiring.” The foundation is also responsible for a number of com m unity events, some of w hich, as stated before, help con tribute to the fo u n d atio n ’ s funds. Recent According the foundation’ s website in 2016 they gave an estim ated average of $1,600 to over 200 students. All of which reaches an estimated amount of $600,000 given in 2016 to students w ho needed help paying for tuition, or paying for the many costs and living expenses th at comes w ith higher education. The foun dation offers th is m oney in thé form o f over 300 d ifferen t scholarships that are offered for a variety of reasons. Some are for specific programs offered at CCC such as nursing, automotive, and many other technical and career programs. They offer some based on things like w hich high school you attended, where you live, if you’ re a parent, a veteran, disabled and m any other qualifications. Part o f the reason w hy they offer such a broad set of scholarships is because the foundation makes sure to honor the w ishes o f all their donors and w hat they w ish to help support in the community. That’ s really the biggest thing that the foundation does besides help students. They also help to build and connect people to the community, from managing hundreds of donors and request, running fundraisers and corporate com p etitions and even h o stin g free evë n ts like y ea rly lun ches to help put scholarship recipients in touch w ith the donors that provide the money. They volunteer their tim e to help m aké the college and com m unity a better place. I thin k Paul Moredock said it best w hen he, talked about their events and job, “ ...It’ s really to try and help foster a sense o f com m unity and continue to get the word out that our scholarships provide a huge value to our students and it’ s a w ay to connect our students to our donors.” z graphic by Sam Weston IN 2016, THE CCC FOUNDATION AWARDED... ON THE COVER: Over over 200 students Cover design by Autumn Berend, photos by Sam Weston and poster provided by Disney. 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