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Scholarship Recipient Shiloh Akarai
Shiloh Akari, a 2007 graduate of Touchet High School and Walla Walla Community College’s Running Start Program, left high school with the intention of becoming a Pharmacist. She started her college career at the University of Montana, with the help of a scholarship from the Roberta Bell Kraemer Scholarship Fund a component fund of Blue Mountain Community Foundation. Her outstanding high school career helped her earn this competitive scholarship. Shiloh’s first year of colleg...
Grants that Change Lives – Carnegie Picture Lab
Did you know there is a program in the Walla Walla Valley that brings art presentations and projects to every elementary school child three times a year? Did you know that this program serves over 3,000 children and is staffed with over 60 volunteers, who donate over 1,500 hours per year? Did you know this program is called Carnegie Picture Lab? Carnegie Picture Lab, formerly known as the Carnegie Art Center’s Picture Lady Program, is a non-profit volunteer-led organization ...
Strategic Planning for the Future of the Foundation
Ten years ago, the Trustees of the Blue Mountain Community Foundation took a risk. They were on the hunt for their first full-time employee. The result of their search netted a 30-year old, who had never lived in the Blue Mountain area, who had never run a community foundation. Ten years later, I remain pleased with their decision. On St. Patrick’s Day, I turned 40 years old and still count myself lucky to be Executive Director of the Blue Mountain Community Foundation. N...