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Rotary helps teens get ready with College Essentials

Published 1:30 am Sunday, June 24, 2018

By Herald Staff

Rotary helps teens get ready with College Essentials
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Rotary helps teens get ready with College Essentials
Funded with a $500 Rotary scholarship, Sequoia High School graduate Eli Brusseau purchased College Essentials items at the Mill Creek Fred Meyer store on June 7. With him were Rotarian Cindy Larsen (center) and Fred Meyer sales associate Gerianne Johnson. (Contributed photo)
With help from Rotary of Everett President Will McMahan, Cascade High School graduate Fanta Gibba sets out June 7 to find College Essentials items at the Mill Creek Fred Meyer store. Rotary provides ten students in the AVID program with $500 grants to buy college needs. (Contributed photo)
With help from Rotarian Brian Hollingshead and Fred Meyer sales associate Gerianne Johnson, Sequoia High School graduate Caireanna Mills (center) used a $500 Rotary grant to buy items she will need in college. (Contributed photo)

The Rotary Club of Everett on June 7 took 10 teenagers on a shopping spree to buy what the teens needed to take the next step in their education. The College Essentials program each year helps graduating seniors in the Everett School District’s AVID program (Advancement Via Individual Determination) get ready for college. Many of the program’s students come from families with limited incomes and may be the first in their families to go to college.

The $500 awards helped the teens purchase laptops, notepads, hot plates and more. The Mill Creek Fred Meyer, at 12906 Bothell-Everett Highway, also offered special discounts to help the students take the money farther.

Students who received the scholarship awards: Salima Rugabando, Collin Murray and Seilah Quevedo, from Everett High School; Eli Brusseau, Caireanna Mills, Katia Foss and Jacky Talavera, Sequoia High School; and Alishat Yusuff, Fanta Gibba and Hellene Tulu, Cascade High School.

The $5,000 worth of College Essentials awards were among $202,200 in scholarships awarded this year by the Rotary Club of Everett, a service group of business persons and professionals. Learn more at www.everettrotary.com.

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