A critical part of the White water Creek Conservation Association is education: "Support educational endeavors that will benefit the mission of the WCCA" is part of our mission statement. For many years, we have awarded scholarships to deserving WCCA members to assist in their pursuit of higher education. We can all take great pride in our past scholarship recipients and their accomplishments:

Year	Name	Institution	Follow-up
1995	Elizabeth Arguelles	Cornell	Grad - working in NY
1996	Tony Rommel	WWU	Unknown
1997	David Arguelles	MIT	Grad - engineer in VA
1997	Holly Weathers	Stanford	Grad - Boeing employ.
2000	Sara Horning	WWU	Student (Senior)
2000	Kirsten Lain-Orr	UofW	Student (Senior)
2000	Arlyn Curtis	Peabody Conservatory	Grad - pursuing music
2002	Reid Spolek	Northwestern	Student (Soph.)
2003	Wes Hardy	Bellevue Comm. College	Student (Freshman)
2003	Jesse Denham	Cal Poly	Student (Freshman)
2003	Forrest Schaad	WSU	Student (Freshman)

Last year, the WCCA decided to expand its scholarship program by establishing the WCCA Scholarship Fund. Set aside from other WCCA business, this fund will be used exclusively to support educational activities. Our first step, then, is to grow this fund into an endowment which insures a solid and long-lasting investment back into our WCCA mission. Already, members have committed generously to start this fund. If each of us makes a commitment to this wonderful opportunity, we will reach our full endowment in nothing flat. So, as part of you yearly donations, give a tax-deductible gift to yourself and your family through the WCCA.

Please make your check payable to:
WCCA Scholarship Fund and send it to the Doug Schaad, WCCA Executive Director, 5020 38th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105-3023.

Thank you for your generosity. Happy New Year!

Graig Spolek