washington apple education foundation

The Washington Apple Education Foundation awarded a record 320  students with scholarship money this spring.  Funding for the awards was raised through voluntary contributions from members of the tree fruit industry and its suppliers and service providers.   ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation celebrated their volunteers of the year last week at a dinner in Quincy at Cave B Winery.   Ruth Velasco Ortiz was named the Alumni Volunteer of the Year. Ortiz was a WAEF scholarship recipient during her time at UW and has been giving back to the new generation of WAEF scholarship recipients.  ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation, WAEF, will hold their fifth annual English as a Second Language Forum at CWU in Ellensburg Wednesday, September 13th.   Executive Director Jennifer Witherbee said it provides an opportunity to ESL instructors and volunteers to discuss challenges, strategies and several other topics as they work with students.  ...

Stemilt and the Washington Apple Education Foundation announced eight winners of various scholarships to help pay college costs.   The Thomas K. Mathison Scholarship is for $20,000 and is awarded to students who display high moral character. Tha...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation has announced the winners of their annual Year of the Apple art contest and the top three were from different areas of Central Washington.   Hailey Fisher of Southridge High School in Kennewick took home the top prize with a painting titled Gala. It ...

Coming off a record year in 2016, the Washington Apple Education Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in scholarships for the 2017-18 school year.   The scholarships come from donations from the tree fruit industry to WAEF who was able to help 238 students from 24 Eastern Washington schools fulfill their dream of going to college.  ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation has a new chairman of the board, James Foreman of Foreman Fruit.   Foreman succeeds Kailan Dunn who was the chairman of WAEF for the past year.   Also elected at the WAEF annual meeting were Bob Mast as vice-chairman; Chis Willett as secretary; and Dwaine Brown as treasurer. The four...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation will be holding a forum on adult programs for English as Second Language educators Tuesday, March 21st at Central Washington University.   Executive Director Jennifer Witherbee said the event will feature Nadya Bush as a speaker for the first half, and the second half will be roundtable-like discussion on strategies, etc.  ...

The annual Apple Art contest by the Washington Apple Education Foundation is now open with the grand prize $1,000 up for grabs.   The contest is open for students in Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Grant, Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Yakima and Walla Walla counties.  ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation announced the final total for the 2016 version of their Donate a Bin fundraiser Tuesday at the Hort Expo.   Executive Director Jennifer Witherbee said they had never seen such a response.   “This year we raised just over $30,000 in our Donate a Bin promotion and just are so, so excited about the impact that will make for students.”   Last ...