In preparation for the club’s 50th anniversary in 2022, several members were tasked with identifying a focus for a potential 50th anniversary project.
Low graduation rates in south Deschutes County led them to realize something needed to be done to help students attend and graduate from high school.
In conversations identifying the best ways to impact student success, community members, leaders of nonprofit organizations and school district personnel came together to find strategies to assist students and parents in La Pine and Sunriver.
On Thursday, Sunriver Women's Club members presented $55,586 to the South County Collaborative, a new educational initiative designed to help them students stay on track to graduate from high school.
The group will allocate the funds to four areas: mentoring, out of school programs, parent engagement and youth led activities.
Providing financial support to nonprofit organizations exclusively in south Deschutes County has been a consistent focus of our members. Since 1999, SRWC has granted almost $950,000 to this community.
It's both rewarding and remarkable to see the vision come to fruition. Working together, our members have seeded a bigger investment from other sources to work toward a sustainable impact for students.
As the first funder of the Collaborative, we look forward to the impact this initiative will continue to bring to serving students in South Deschutes County.
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Central Oregon Daily
