High School Scholarship Fund

Walla Walla High School Class of '62 Graduate Establishes Scholarship Fund

Blue Mountain Community Foundation to manage funds

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Walla Walla High School Class of 1962 graduate Jerry Zahl, with the support of classmates and the community, has established a high school scholarship fund to help area graduates get to college. Currently the fund, managed by the Blue Mountain Community Foundation, has $14,000 with a goal to exceed $100,000 in the next five years.

“We are working toward opening wider doors so that local public high school students with limited financial resources will be able to acquire additional education beyond high school,” Zahl said. “You do not need to be a millionaire to give to this scholarship fund. Each graduate contributing their graduation year in dollars and cents annually would be a good place to start. The acceptance and support from the local community has been absolutely fantastic from the beginning because everyone senses the need.”

Zahl says the goal is to make it possible for anybody to contribute, any amount, at any time to this fund scholarship.

“If only 100 students from the Class of 1962, out of more than 360, were to contribute $20 per year we would have $100,000 if they had contributed for 50 years,” Zahl said. “The costs of an advanced education are rising, and the establishment of this scholarship fund makes it possible for anyone to help support advanced education, commensurate with their means, while assisting many very capable students in realizing their potential.

All funds will be received and invested through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation. To make a donation or learn more about the Walla Walla Public High Schools Scholarship fund, visit the Blue Mountain Community Foundation website: www.bluemountainfoundation.org. For additional information, contact Jerry Zahl at: jkazahl@charter.net.

Media stories: KNDU