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CCC FOUNDATION AWARDS STUDENTS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS
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BY WILLIAM FARRIS
THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
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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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