"Our agriculture and environmental studies students are fortunate to have LKOC step forward and offer financial help."
–Windward Community College Chancellor Doug Dykstra
KANEOHE, HI – Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) donated $6,000 to fund scholarships at Windward Community College. The gift will be awarded to students during the 2016-2017 academic year.
“As part of our educational outreach, all of us at LKOC have been proud to provide these scholarships to the next generation of stewards of our ‘aina,”
- Diane Harding, Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle president.
This new gift will support existing LKOC scholarships at Windward Community College — the LKOC Environment Studies Scholarship and the WCC Agriculture Scholarship. To date, the LKOC Environment Studies Scholarship, established in 2010, has awarded $13,000. The WCC Agriculture Scholarship was established in 1993 and has awarded a total of $27,000 in scholarship support.
"We have many students struggling to pay for tuition, books and fees, so every scholarship gift is critically important to both student success and persistence,”
- Windward Community College Chancellor Doug Dykstra.
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Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle: Founded in 1912, The Outdoor Circle, a statewide, non-profit, environmental organization, is dedicated to keeping Hawai‘i clean, green and beautiful by preserving, protecting and enhancing our environment for future generations. http://www.lanikailuaoutdoorcircle.org Founded in 1912, The Outdoor Circle, a statewide, non-profit, environmental organization, is dedicated to keeping Hawai‘i clean, green and beautiful by preserving, protecting and enhancing our environment for future generations.
