Scholarship Winners

MEET OUR 2012 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER:

    "After working in the Real Estate Industry for more than 15 years I decided to back to school to study urban planning, geological exploration, and land use development.

    "I am currently attending a Dallas Community College with plans to transfer to a four year program within the University of Texas system.  I am thankful for this scholarship as it will help me with school related expenses as I was laid off recently."

                                                                                                               --Elaine Copeland, 2012 Winner

 

  MEET OUR 2011 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS:

  In 2011 we could not choose between two of the applicants; we decided to grant a scholarship to each of them. 

Amy Hollingsworth

One of Two 2011 Winners

Amy has been a member since she was six years old.  She graduated high school and decided on the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas (A&M) to further her education.  Amy is in her last year of school and she will graduate with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing.

Paige Mabry

On of Two 2011 Winners

Paige is the granddaughter of one of our long term members.  She just graduated high school and is in her first year of college at Richland Community College .  Paige is majoring in Business.

Congratulations to all of our Scholarship Winners.  Thanks to all WSFCU depositors who contribute/have contributed $ to our Scholarship Fund.  We cover administrative costs so that   100% of contributions can go to winners. If you would like to help future winners, you can contribute to the Scholarship Fund.  Here are some ways:

  • Send a check, payable to "Women's Southwest FCU."  Write “Scholarship” on the memo.  Mail it to our PO Box. or 

  • E-mail us or send a note to our PO Box (click on  Contact Info.)  In your note or e-mail, ask us to transfer 25%, 50%, or 100% of your WSFCU dividends into the Scholarship Fund.  In your note or e-mail, please let us know: would you like us to make the transfer just once for the dividends you earned in a particular quarter?  Or, would you like us to make the transfer every quarter? 

     

    • Call (214) 887-0700

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MEET  OUR  2010  SCHOLARSHIP  WINNER:

We congratulate our 2010 Scholarship winner, Katee Finks!  We mailed her $600 check to her community college. She'll continue her LVN program there.

When she completes her 18-month program, Katee will become a Licensed Vocational Nurse.  

Here are excerpts from what she wrote to us:

     "This particular school has a pass rate of 99%, which means all the years they have been in existence they have only had 1 student not pass the state board licensing exam the first time, and that student passed the second time. 
 
    "The program will allow me to become a licensed vocational nurse, and practice as a licensed nurse in my state.  It will give me the opportunity to have a career, and not just a job.  I will get to impact peoples lives in a positive way.  It will also give me the opportunity to make better money.    For myself personally, this is a stepping stone for more education.  

    "When I graduate from this program I will apply for an RN program, and when I am done with that, I will apply to a Nurse-Midwifery program.  My ultimate goal is to become a midwife, and help impact women by empowering them to take control of their bodies in this aspect of their lives.  I believe women have forgotten how powerful and amazing their  bodies are, and how in control of them they can be!

 
    "Thank you so much for the help to continue my education!  It has really been a challenge financially!"
 
-Katee Finks

Her membership in Women's Southwest FCU qualified her to apply for our Scholarship. 

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 MEET OUR 2009 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER:

Our Scholarship Committee volunteers received 4 applications, one from as far away as Ohio !  After long & thoughtful deliberations they selected Jessika Reliford (see photo above).  

Her membership in Cal Feminist made her eligible to apply.  She will use her $600 award to continue her Organizational Psychology studies at San Diego State University .  

She stopped by our office to deliver a hand-printed note.  It reads, “I would like to thank the California Feminist Federal Credit Union staff and volunteers. Thank you for offering this scholarship to so many people.  Thank you for requiring me to make a budget.  Finally, thank you for helping me get my Master’s degree.”  

       

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MEET OUR 2008 SCHOLARSHIP  WINNER:

    Maggie Frankel (see photo above) was born in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego.  San Francisco State gave Maggie her BA in Women (sic) Studies.  She now seeks her Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science at San Jose State.   

   “To me, public libraries are exciting and revolutionary because they house (and provide access to) massive amounts of information that anyone can access for free, regardless of age, ethnicity, class, or gender,” she says.  

      Her $600 check will go toward books & computer programs. She was doubly eligible to apply for our annual Women’s Scholarship:  she and her father had share (savings) accounts at Cal Feminist FCU.

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WHO WON OUR 2007 SCHOLARSHIP?

 

No one, because no one applied!!!!!!

 

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MEET THE WINNER OF OUR 2006 SCHOLARSHIP:

 M.A. “Peg” Pelletier is a librarian in Marion , NY , population 5,000.  She & her husband live on an old farm; volunteer for their local Fire Department; and are working to create a permanent easement on 35-40 acres of their property for wetlands restoration.

The $500 check will go toward botany courses at a community college.   Peg was eligible to apply for the annual award because her sister, Boo Briggs, had a Cal Feminist savings account. 

 

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 WHO BENEFITTED IN  2004 & 2005? 

 

No one!  In one of those years, we received no applications.  In the other year, the applicant we chose was unable to use the scholarship because of unfortunate timing. Sadly, we could not issue her check by the deadline her school required.  As a result of her misfortune, we modified the dates when we make our decisions and issue checks.

 

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WHO WON OUR FIRST SCHOLARSHIP IN 2003?

 

Our first ever Irene Mercado Women's Scholarship went to Cal Feminist FCU member Jeanette Hilton.  She used her $250 award toward her studies at a  community college, San Diego City College.