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Traditional and non-traditional scholarships, and grants to fund innovative, sustainable classroom projects. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THIRTY HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WHO WERE AWARDED $90,000 IN 2008. In 1966, the Foundation created a Scholarship Program for graduating seniors from Thurston County high schools (public and private), and has since become the community's largest, private scholarship provider. Since its inception, there has been close to $850,000 awarded to over 350 Thurston County students. The program continues to expand due to contributions from community members.
Key Note Speaker, 2008 Awards Reception Joan Bosworth, Director Washington Early Learning Program
Preschool students.
In 2008 $90,000 was awarded to Thurston County traditional students. An additional $20,000 was awarded to non-traditional students at South Puget Sound Community College, The Evergreen State College and Saint Martin's University.
Left to right Back row: Kayla Marshall, Britha Cass, Shivas Das, Theresa Cain, Daniel Escobedo, Kayla Williams, Kevin Nichols, Logan Armga, Matthew Storvick, Benjamin Schofield. Middle row: Hannah Omdal, Victoria Blake, Janell Ritter, Jannifer Elstrott, Katie Robertson, Hannah Van Ree, Theodore Truong, Christopher Johnston, Samuel Thornton, Chelsay Wright. Front row: Liana Johnson, Kathryn Suskin, Jessica Namanas, Dani Northhouse, Anna Delgado, Kimberly Gotcher, Kylie Butler, Erica Legaspi, Kelly Byard. Not shown: Sonja Lui OTHER AWARDS IN 2008 Business of the Year
Counselor of the Year
Applications are made available to high school counselors in early January of each year.
Traditional Scholarship Criteria
The amount of the scholarship varies with each award and can be applied toward tuition first, then to additional education costs. This is a one-time award (non-renewable) to be used during the recipient's undergraduate studies.
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completion of that program
This scholarship will be open to any student attending
South Puget Sound Community College, St. Martin's
University or The Evergreen State College who exhibits immediate financial need.
Applications are available at the financial aid office at
each of the schools. The application deadline is March 1st
for the 2008-2009 school year. - Box of Math Facts for K-4 students; Southworth Elementary, Yelm - Character Education for K-3 students; Lackamas Elementary, Yelm. - Nourishing the Roots of early childhood emotional health; Child Care Action Council, Olympia.
The above seven projects will reach over 1,500 children in their first year. Congratulations to the recipients! Applications for the 2009 - 2010 school year will be available at the Foundation's web site home page. Applications will be accepted from from Yelm, Rainier, Tenino and Rochester Elementary schools, as well as from local early learning centers.
The Scholarship Program was first initiated by several
employees of the Olympia Brewing Company. In April of 1966,
Brewery employees, under the leadership of Ben Hazlitt,
raised funds to establish the first scholarship in memory of
Adolph D. Schmidt, Jr., grandson of Leopold F. Schmidt and
third president of the Olympia Brewing Company. Shortly
thereafter, the Brewery employees approached the Olympia
Tumwater Foundation Board of Trustees asking them if they
would accept the responsibility of management of
the Memorial Scholarship Program. The Foundation did accept,
thus, the creation and history of the Foundation's
Scholarship Program commenced. Four years later, in 1970, a
second memorial scholarship in honor of Frank T. Schmidt,
Sr., son of Leopold F. Schmidt, was established. For over a
decade the Foundation had only two scholarships that
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annually awarded $1,000 total.
