"Our students are fortunate to have LKOC step forward and offer financial help."
–Windward Community College Chancellor Doug Dykstra
KANEOHE, HI – The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) recently donated $6,000 to fund scholarships at Windward Community College. This gift will be awarded to students during the 2015-2016 academic year.
Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle Scholarship Chair Claudia L. Webster presents Chancellor Doug Dykstra with the $6,000 scholarship check. “With these scholarships the next generations are being educated to keep Hawai‘i clean, green and beautiful,” said Webster.
“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,” said Diane Harding, Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle president.
This new gift will support existing LKOC scholarships at Windward CC — the LKOC Environment Studies Scholarship and the WCC Agriculture Scholarship. To date, the LKOC Environment Studies Scholarship, established in 2010, has awarded $10,000. The WCC Agriculture Scholarship was established in 1993 and has awarded a total of $24,000 in scholarship support.
"Our students are fortunate to have donors like LKOC step forward and offer financial help," said Windward Community College Chancellor Doug Dykstra. "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."
The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle annually donates $6,000 for agriculture and environmental scholarships at Windward Community College. Windward Community College Chancellor Doug Dykstra joins Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle President Diane Harding as she signs the ceremonial check.
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