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What We Do Bethel Educational Scholarship Team has accomplished a lot in the past 22 years. We now have an endowment of more than $800,000 to fund scholarships for Bethel District graduates. We are the local chapter for Dollars for Scholars and more than 500 schools and colleges will match our scholarships with equal dollar amounts. We receive generous regular donations from:
You can now donate via PayPal! Just click on the button below and donate any amount you wish, to help create scholarships for our kids! B.E.S.T. News Bethel Educational Scholarship Team (B.E.S.T.) and the two new Dollars for Scholars (DFS) Chapters, Friends of Challenger DFS, and Graham Kapowsin DFS, awarded $110,575 in scholarships last year! BEST presented over $80,600 in scholarship dollars to graduates of the four high schools within the Bethel School District - Bethel, Challenger Graham-Kapowsin and Spanaway Lake High Schools. Last year BEST raised money through generous donations from Bethel District staff members, local families and businesses. Many scholarships are family memorial scholarships, others are awarded by local businesses. The Graham Business Association gave twelve scholarships, proceeds from an annual auction held during their December meeting. Two separate alumni events have raised money each year for scholarships, too. Twenty-one Promise Scholarships were awarded to sixth grade students from the districts’ elementary schools. BEST promises these at-risk students that there will be a $500 scholarship for them when they graduate from a Bethel district secondary school. Every year these sixth graders attend PLU for a day to see what college is really like. Bethel now has three scholarship foundations! BEST was started in 1987, to benefit graduates of Bethel High School. It soon became obvious that they needed to expand to cover graduates of all the local schools. That first year a garage sale, raised about $800 for a total of 4 scholarships. From that modest beginning, they have grown to give over 100 scholarships each year, but have not yet reached their long-term goal of having scholarship money for every Bethel district graduate to pursue post-secondary education. BEST has since helped two more schools develop their own scholarship foundations. Graham Kapowsin now has the GKHS Dollars for Scholars Community Foundation. Sally Danielson is president of this chapter and their goal is to develop a second pool of funds to broaden the options of their graduates. Challenger High School, has the Friends of Challenger Dollars for Scholars chapter, presided over by Cathy Wheeler. This spring they will be selling cheesecakes made by their own catering classes, to add to their scholarship fund. All three chapters are affiliated with Dollars for Scholars, a well-respected national program aimed and helping more students gain post-secondary education. Read about this amazing program at their website: |
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College costs are rising.
Government funds are shrinking. And many promising students cannot
afford to realize their dreams of a post-secondary education. At a time
when education should be a top priority for our country, access to
education needs to be equally important.
