WINDWARD CC — The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) recently donated $5,000 to fund scholarships at Windward Community College. This gift will be awarded to students during the 2012-2013 academic year.
This new gift will support existing LKOC scholarships at Windward CC: the LKOC Environmental Studies Scholarship and the WCC Agriculture Scholarship. To date, the LKOC Environmental Studies Scholarship, established in 2010, has awarded $5,000. The WCC Agriculture Scholarship was established in 1993 and has awarded a total of $9,000 in scholarship support.
"More than 700 Windward CC students have received scholarships over the past five years, totaling $280,000, thanks to private donors," said Windward Community College Chancellor Doug Dykstra. He continued, "It is wonderful to see the cumulative impact donors are making."
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The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawaiʻi System. Our mission is to unite our donors' passions with the University of Hawaiʻi's aspirations to benefit the people of Hawaiʻi and beyond. We do this by raising private philanthropic support, managing private investments and nurturing donor and alumni relationships. www.uhfoundation.org.
Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle Founded in 1912, The Outdoor Circle, a statewide, non-profit, environmental organization, is dedicated to keeping Hawaiʻi clean, green and beautiful by preserving, protecting and enhancing our environment for future generations. http://www.lanikailuaoutdoorcircle.org
