The Clallam Community Foundation has awarded 14 scholarships totaling $15,500 to 2010 high school graduates from across the North Olympic Peninsula.
The students and the funds from which scholarships were awarded are:
• Cape Flattery School District — Fallon Dulik and Allesha Welever, Hull Family Fund.
• Quillayute Valley School District — Megan Klebe, Jonathan Ferrell and Melissa Estrada Elena, Hull Family Fund.
• Port Angeles School District — David Branham, Amy Winsor and Maldeep Kang, Mac Ruddell Community Fund.
Branham, Matt Gale, Bridgette Leber and Karen Byrd Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Molly Miller, Bright Haygood Copsey Fund.
Matt Gale, Michael Sindars Memorial Scholarship Fund.
• Sequim School District — Ean Henninger, Mac Ruddell Community Fund.
The scholarships were issued to seven colleges and universities.
In addition, the Bright Haygood Copsey Fund granted scholarships during the 2009-2010 academic year to Peninsula College students Colleen Erickson, Kristina Hart and Magali Gonzalez.
The Clallam Community Foundation is administered by United Way of Clallam County.
In addition to United Way’s fund, which includes the Clallam County Literacy Council, 10 nonprofit agencies have established funds to benefit their organizational missions.
The foundation also houses eight named funds. Advisers to these funds may set criteria for scholarships and make recommendations for grants to nonprofit organizations.
For more information on the Clallam Community Foundation, phone United Way of Clallam County at 360-457-3011 or e-mail info@unitedwayclallam.org.
