Donate Scholarships

Patrick Dooley & Harriot Balmer with $250 check
Patrick Dooley of Silver Creek Retirement and Assisted Living Community handed a check for $250 to Harriott Balmer last month. Silver Creek will make the same donation to BEST when anyone moves to Silver Creek and mentions BEST.

Memorial gifts honoring friends and loved ones can be made to the Bethel Educational Scholarship Team. 

Through these gifts one can continue to impact the lives of young people in a positive way. Each year, B.E.S.T. gives an increasing number of scholarships to assist students who desire to continue their education beyond high school.

When a gift is received, a letter is sent to the family of the person honored, letting them know their loved one has been memorialized in this way. Memorial donations can be made for any amount. 

A named scholarship, i.e., "The William Johnson Memorial Scholarship" can be given if total gifts exceed $200. If additional gifts are received, more or larger scholarships can be awarded depending upon the wishes of the family. 

A perpetual endowment can be established that awards a named scholarship. A scholarship will be awarded every year if total gifts exceed $20,000. For gifts of $10,000, a scholarship will be awarded every other year. Families are always given the opportunity to present memorial scholarships at special award banquets held at district high schools each year.

Scholarship Donation Form

Other Ways to Donate
Gary Pollock receives a check from Marilyn Nelson Poage to start the Nelson Family Scholarship Fund at Graham-Kapowsin High School.

Payroll Deduction: B.E.S.T. succeeds largely because of the tremendous generosity of Bethel employees. District staff members support B.E.S.T. through the "Day's Pay for a Lifetime of Opportunity" program. The Day's Pay program enables employees to contribute one day's pay per year to student scholarships through convenient payroll deductions. Since its founding, hundreds of district employees have supported the dreams of local students by participating in this program.

United Way: Others can participate in a program similar to the successful "Day's Pay" program for Bethel staff members. Supporters can now contribute through United Way Donor Voice. Ask your employer about the program.

Graham Patchers Quilt Raffle: The Graham Patchers have donated a quilt for a raffle to benefit B.E.S.T. for the past four years. This year's quilt will be raffled off on June 13th. Tickets are $1 each and are available at local businesses, primarily Columbia Bank, Key Bank and Curves. Any business who would like to display the quilt and/or sell tickets is invited to contact B.E.S.T. B.E.S.T. board members will be selling tickets at district musical events at the high schools and PLU. Several members of this club are Bethel graduates and several more have children who graduated from the district. Each year about $1500 is raised from the quilt raffle, which funds three scholarships.

Help Earn Money for BEST, and Maybe $20 for You! Unitrin, $9 billion company, is a new auto insurance carrier in the Northwest. To gain new customers, they will give BEST $10 for every person calling or going to their web site for a quote.

Here is how to do it. Have the declaration page that came with your last auto insurance renewal and either visit www.unitrin-naim.com or call 1-800-273-1949. When they ask for a Savings Number, give them N-19-14579.

Just for allowing them to give you a free, no obligation quote, BEST will receive $10. If they cannot beat your current rates, you will receive a check for $20. You could even forward that check to BEST when you receive it! The process takes less than five minutes. What a great way to earn more scholarship money for BEST!

Graham Business Association Auction: The B.E.S.T. auction is held every year for the past seven years by the Graham Business Association the third Wednesday of December. The 2005 auction brought in $5,365.

Get Involved: B.E.S.T. is constantly seeking volunteers for its various projects. People are always needed to sponsor scholarships, solicit contributions, work on various committees and events and to assist students in seeking other financial aid opportunities

 

 

360-832-2451
Contributions can be mailed to:
B.E.S.T.
PO Box 742, Graham, WA 98338

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