The members of the Gerald and Dorothy Erich Endowment Fund Board of Directors are excited to report:
$44,000 in scholarships to attend local community colleges have been awarded to ten students receiving funding for their second scholarship year 2018-19 and twelve new awardees for funding their first year in the 2019-20 cycle.
Comments from 2019-20 students after learning their applications had been approved:
- Thank you so much! I am honored to receive this scholarship and happy that I was selected as the recipient for the Gerald and Dorothy Endowment Fund. The college I will be attending is De Anza Community College
- Thank you so much for this scholarship! The college I’m attending next fall is West Valley Community College. Thank you for granting me this opportunity for this scholarship!
- Thank you so much. I am honored to receive this scholarship. My family and I are grateful for your contribution in furthering my education. Please continue to provide this scholarship to future students because it really makes an impact in students success.
We've also heard from students who have completed their first year at college in the 2018-19 round of scholarships:
- I've been so grateful for the scholarship.
- My experience at De Anza so far has been incredibly enriching. I love the freedom of choosing the classes that most interest me which also allows me to allot time for my creative endeavors! There's a stigma that comes with going to community college in this society, but I've encountered nothing but truly insightful and knowledgeable professors that care for the growth of their students and they're actually able to do so given the relatively small classroom sizes. My appreciation for higher education has tremendously grown throughout these past few months, and I'm more excited to go to school now than I've ever in my schooling experiences. Thank you for contributing to this journey in my life!
- Thank you for reaching out, I am doing awesome! I just finished my first semester at EVC with a 4.0, am continuing with volunteering and shadowing doctors at SCVMC, and am working part-time as a server at Kickin’ Crab. I really appreciate what Rotary has done for me. It means a lot to my family and I.
This fund draws both its name and its inspiration from Jerry and Dorothy Erich. The long-time owners of Erich Printing and Lithographing, they gave many young people their start in graphics and the business world. Jerry funded the endowment and conferred on the Board of Directors the responsibility of carrying on his objective of helping worthy high school graduates of the East Side Union High School District to pursue their educational goals through two-year scholarships to community colleges or trade schools.