someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College
someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College
someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College
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FOR GIVING HOPE TO WOMEN FACING ADDICTION<br />
Overcoming obstacles through education<br />
She was a wom<strong>an</strong> of prom<strong>is</strong>e. Deborah Sus<strong>an</strong> Fehnel Bosworth was a single working mother<br />
whose life was cut short at age 37. Her battles with alcohol<strong>is</strong>m <strong>an</strong>d bulimia most of her adult life<br />
prevented her from reaching her full potential. In her good years, she was a valued colleague in her<br />
work at Nike <strong>an</strong>d, above all, a loving mother who unhesitatingly made sacri�ces so her daughter<br />
could have a happy life. Deborah’s legacy <strong>is</strong> her daughter, Dara Jester, recently graduated from<br />
the University of Oregon.<br />
Deborah’s parents, Dick <strong>an</strong>d Dorene Fehnel establ<strong>is</strong>hed the Deborah Fehnel Bosworth Scholarship<br />
Fund of the Oregon <strong>Community</strong> Foundation in honor <strong>an</strong>d memory of their daughter. �<strong>an</strong>ks to<br />
their gift, female students who have made the commitment to overcome <strong>is</strong>sues of alcohol<strong>is</strong>m <strong>an</strong>d<br />
eating d<strong>is</strong>orders – either for themselves or in careers that serve others battling these addictions –<br />
are ch<strong>an</strong>ging their lives through education at Portl<strong>an</strong>d <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Dorene Fehnel<br />
<strong>an</strong>d Dara Jester<br />
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