someone is getting an opportunity - Portland Community College

Dear Friends,
Let us tell you what’s happening right now at the PCC Foundation.
It all starts with you.
When you make a gift to the PCC Foundation, it has a direct and
immediate impact on students and our community by providing
scholarships, supporting programs, and updating equipment and technology.
For example, the PCC Foundation awarded a scholarship to Jesus
Ramirez Lopez (p. 13), who is studying automotive technology. After Jesus
graduates, he plans to eventually open his own shop. Every year, hundreds
of people will bene�t from his education as he provides employment
opportunities, stimulates the economy and builds a better life for his family.
Now that’s opportunity!
In 2008-09, the PCC Foundation revenues supported $1.3 million in
scholarships, program support and related distributions. We were able
to award 352 scholarships, a number which will increase with successful
participation in the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation challenge
(p. 14) this year.
As a PCC Foundation supporter, you recognize the critical role PCC plays
in the lives of individuals and our region as a whole. �anks to you, the
Foundation empowers students to transform their lives, and in doing so, gives
our communities energized and contributing thinkers, leaders and workers.
Please enjoy the following stories of how students and donors alike found their
opportunity with the PCC Foundation. Together we make opportunity happen.
Sincerely,
Preston Pulliams
District President
Betty Duvall
Foundation Board President, 2009-11