FUNDING THE FUTURE - The Clorox Company

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FUNDING THE FUTURE BY AMY HARMON It’s graduation day — a day filled with mixed emotions. Smiling high-school students eagerly receive their diplomas, thinking, “I can’t wait for college!” Meanwhile, their proud parents wonder, “How am I going to pay for this” For nearly 20 years, Clorox has come to the rescue of kids (and their parents) with four scholarship programs: • The Clorox Company Foundation scholarship program awards $2,500 scholarships — renewable to $10,000 over a fouryear period — to 10 children of Clorox employees annually. • Knauss Scholars — a program funded personally by Don and Ellie Knauss — annually awards 15 children of Clorox employees with $2,500 scholarships for college and vocational programs, renewable up to $10,000. • Clorox Partners Scholarships are funded by Clorox employee contributions through Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute fundraising events and The Clorox Company Foundation grants. The program awards nearly 30 scholarships per year worth $3,500 each to Oakland-based high school graduates. • The Clorox Company / Craig Sullivan Scholarship program (established following the retirement of former CEO Craig Sullivan) annually awards one $5,000 scholarship to a collegebound Oakland public high school graduate. Combined, these four programs have provided more than $2.5 million in scholarships to nearly 600 students worldwide. While some are just entering their first year of study, others have gone on to build successful lives, families and careers. 4
Justin Coe’s life experiences have helped him grow from high school graduate (above) into successful husband and patent attorney (with wife, Kayla, below). Justin’s Path to Patent Attorney Justin Coe — son of Kingsford® employee Bob Coe, Jr. — received The Clorox Company Foundation scholarship in 1996 and took an unconventional path to his career. “I was ver y proud to receive the scholarship, and my father was just as proud,” Justin remembers. “Being a first-generation college student and one “The scholarship made possible an otherwise far-fetched hope of attaining a college education.” of five children, the scholarship made possible an otherwise far-fetched hope of attaining a college education.” Justin got off to a great start at Oregon State University, but after losing his mother to breast cancer, his focus began to drift. When his grades started suffering, Justin decided he needed a change and left school. In 2000, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served four years, including deployments to the Middle East. “During my years in the military, I matured into a more confident and dedicated individual, and my desire to better myself and my life through education grew stronger,” Justin says. “Having already begun my college education, I knew I would return to complete my degree when I was more prepared to do so.” Sure enough, he enrolled at Portland State University in 2004, graduated with a degree in electrical engineering, and last year earned his law degree. Justin now lives in Arizona with his wife Kayla and works as a patent attorney. “I want to become the best patent attorney I can be and be a great husband and father. Our baby is due in April!” Now in her first year of college, Carol Cristiano (second from left) enjoys meeting new people from different backgrounds and experiences. Carol’s Privilege to Learn Carol Cristiano, daughter of Clorox Colombia employee Balmiro Cristiano, considers college a privilege. “I was very happy when I learned that I received the Clorox scholarship because it is not easy to get an opportunity like the one Clorox is giving me,” Carol says. “I feel that I am privileged to be part of a small group of young people in my country that go to college.” And Carol wasn’t the only one happy about receiving The Clorox Company Foundation scholarship in 2009. “I feel that I am privileged to be part of a small group of young people in my country that go to college.” “First, economically it has been very special because it would have been difficult for me to afford the costs of Carol’s studies,” her father, Balmiro, says. “Second, the scholarship has given my family confidence to always do our best — me at my job and my daughter in college.” Carol is now in her second year at Fundación Universitaria Panamericana working toward a degree in childhood education. “I think childhood is the most beautiful and pure phase of a person’s life,” Carol says. “The education given during that time is full of responsibility because those children will one day be the leaders of our country.” 5
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