The Hood River County Education Foundation (HRCEF) seeks a part-time (18-25 hours/week) Executive Director to lead organizational development, community relations, marketing, and fundraising campaigns. Exceptional communication, organizational and budgeting skills along with a bachelor’s degree are required.

Preferred qualifications include prior experience in management (non-profit management a plus), fundraising and volunteer coordination. Salary range is $35- $40 per hour. For questions, please reach out to the HRCEF office at 541.387.5713 or ed.foundation@hoodriver.k12.or.us.

Application Deadline: September 13, 2022, 5:00 pm

Preferred Starting Date: Mid October 2022

Please submit application, resume and letter of interest to jan.veldhuisenvirk@hoodriver.k12.or.us

The Hood River County Education Foundation (HRCEF) congratulates all 2022 scholarship recipients!

This year HRCEF awarded over $196,000 to 49 HRVHS and HROA seniors who will be pursuing post-secondary education this fall. HRCEF also awarded over $34,000 to 15 HRVHS alumni through our college scholarship funds. Among this year’s scholarship recipients are budding auto mechanics, cosmetologists, biochemists, entrepreneurs, nurses, and comedy writers. These scholarship winners have big dreams, and we can’t wait to see where their education takes them. Congratulations to all HRCEF high school scholarship recipients, and to the class of 2022!

HRCEF High School Scholarships

Student	Scholarship
Abigail Rankin	Megan Perkins Memorial Scholarship
Amelia Huxtable	Marie Asai Memorial Scholarship
Ana Lopez Vera	Beahman Jakku Scholarship
Ana Lopez Vera	Beardsley Family Scholarship
Ana Lopez Vera	Earl C. Koberg Memorial Scholarship
Ana Lopez Vera	John & Martha Weber Memorial Scholarship
Ana Ruby Juarez Cruz	Mary Clifford Memorial Scholarship
Ana Ruby Juarez Cruz	Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship
Anna Pickering	Parkdale Elementary Alumni Scholarship
Audel Flores	Butch Gehrig Memorial Scholarship
Brissa Elias-Rojas	AVID Scholarship
Brissa Elias-Rojas	Butch Ogawa Memorial Scholarship
Brissa Elias-Rojas	Chen Family Scholarship
Brissa Elias-Rojas	Steve Gates Memorial Scholarship
Brissa Elias-Rojas	Taro "Tot" Asai Memorial Scholarship
Cassandra Moreno	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Cassandra Moreno	Rodger A Schock Memorial Scholarship
Cherlyn Hernandez	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Christopher Nieport	AVID Scholarship
Christopher Nieport	The Eagle Scholarship
Christopher Nieport	Ted Webber Memorial Scholarship
Claire Meyers	Parkdale Elementary Alumni Scholarship
Claudio Gutierrez	Earl C. Koberg Memorial Scholarship
Cole Duckwall	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Cristal Meza	Mike's Ice Cream Scholarship
Elizabeth Ramirez Pinedo	Retner Rust, PC Scholarship
Ella Newton	Sally H. Connell Memorial Scholarship
Emanuel Romero	Beachman Jakku Scholarship
Emanuel Romero	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Emiliano Ramirez	AVID Scholarship
Emily Sullenger	Cascade Lockes Alumni Scholarship
Emma Wolf	Masami "Min" Asai Memorial Scholarship
Ernesto Jaimes Ravadan	AVID Scholarship
Ernesto Jaimes Ravadan	Duckwall Pooley Sons & Daughters Scholarship
Ernesto Jaimes Ravadan	Isabel Gilkerson Scholarship
Eslie Vidal	Phil Brady Memorial Scholarship
Genaro Martinez	Carmen's Route
Genaro Martinez	Jim Carnes Memorial Scholarship
Geoffrey Shoaf	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Hannah Dorr	Isabel Gilkerson Scholarship
Hector Verdin	Parkdale Elementary Alumni Scholarship
Jazmin Contreras	Earl C. Koberg Memorial Scholarship
Jazmin Contreras	Susan Kay McCarthy Memorial Scholarship
Jocelyn Torres Flores	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Joselyn Perez Ortiz	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Joe Reitz	Butch Ogawa Memorial Scholarship
Julieann Wood	Cascade Lockes Alumni Scholarship
Julieann Wood	Phil Brady Memorial Scholarship
Kadence Holmes	Mary Clifford Memorial Scholarship
Kadence Holmes	Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Helping Hands Scholarship
Kaelen Kenna	Ted Webber Memorial Scholarship
Lauren Griggs	Ryan Bowe Memorial Scholarship
Leah DeBorde	Chen Family Scholarship
Lena Parsons	Henry Lin Memorial Scholarship
Lena Parsons	Hogg Family Scholarship
Lena Parsons	Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Helping Hands Scholarship
Lena Parsons	Susanna Blake Gabay Memorial Scholarship
Maritza Flores	Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship
Micah Poole	Earl C. Koberg Memorial Scholarship
Micah Poole	Isabel Gilkerson Scholarship
Miyana Robertson	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Miyuki Gerald	Earl C. Koberg Memorial Scholarship
Noelia Gonzaga Soto	Duckwall Pooley Sons & Daughters Scholarship
Noelia Gonzaga Soto	Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship
Reese Leiblein	Earl C. Koberg Memorial Scholarship
Robert Rowan	Bev & Jay Bryant Memorial Scholarship
Ryles Buckley	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Samuel Ucan	AVID Scholarship
Samuel Ucan	Beardsley Family Scholarship
Samuel Ucan	Phil Brady Memorial Scholarship
Sandra Castillo Palacios	Carmen's Route
Sandra Castillo Palacios	Parkdale Elementary Alumni Scholarship
Tzitlali Merchant-Trejo	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Yazalea Heredia	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Yuliana Delgado Contreras	AVID Scholarship
Yuliana Delgado Contreras	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Yuliana Delgado Contreras	Parkdale Elementary Alumni Scholarship
Yuliana Delgado Contreras	Parkdale VFW Scholarship
Yuliana Delgado Contreras	Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarship

HRCEF College Scholarships

HRCEF college scholarships are open to students who have graduated from Hood River Valley High School, and will be in their sophomore, junior or senior years of college starting in the Fall of 2024.

Student	Scholarship
Aleyah Klapprich	Cascade Locks Alumni Association Scholarship
Aleyah Klapprich	Rosenback Family Scholarship
Chantal Avalos	Ruth & Horace Daum Memorial Scholarship
Daniela Valle	Ruth & Horace Daum Memorial Scholarship
Daniela Valle	Mary Clifford Memorial College Scholarship
Daniela Valle	Jesse Elder Memorial College Scholarship
Dilma Lachino Galindo	Ruth & Horace Daum Memorial Scholarship
Edith Gonzaga Soto	Ruth & Horace Daum Memorial Scholarship
Estefani Moreno	Ruth & Horace Daum Memorial Scholarship
Estefani Moreno	Mary Clifford Memorial College Scholarship
Jovana De La Torre	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Kevin Bertadillo	Ruth & Horace Daum Memorial Scholarship
Khloe Sytsma	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Leslie Avila	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Monserrate Beltran Juarez	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
Omar Escobedo	HRCEF Board of Directors Scholarship
RaeAan Rhodes	Diana Carroll Education Scholarship
Samantha Thompson	Janet C Thompson Memorial Scholarship
Stephen Bustamante	Cascade Locks Alumni Association Scholarship

HRCEF Continuing Scholarships

These students were awarded multi-year scholarships. In 2022 HRCEF awarded over $78,000 to continuing scholars who graduated from HRVHS. Congratulations to our continuing scholars!

Student	Scholarship
Alejandro Morales	Cohn Scholarship
Alighery Jimenez Lozano	St. Francis Scholarship
Benjamin Garafalo	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Benjamin Griggs	Rodger A Schock Memorial Scholarship
Brandon Rivera-Magana	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Cristina Lopez	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Dilma Lachino Galindo	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Edith Gonzaga Soto	Carmen's Route Scholarship
Estefani Reyes Moreno	Carmen's Route Scholarship
Grace Clute	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Grace Guertin	Marie Asai Memorial Scholarship
Jacquelyn Garcia Angulo	Carmen's Route Scholarship
Jesse Flores	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Jesse Lachino	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Jesus Ledezma Santoyo	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Maria Bustos Ramos	Carmen's Route Scholarship
Marlene Chamonica Galindo	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Nazareth Chavarria Anzo	Carmen's Route Scholarship
RaeAan Rhodes	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship
Tanner Fletcher	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Victor Manuel Ledezma Calderon	Jeff & Melissa Rippey Scholarship
Yulisa Cerritos Leon	Isabel Gilkerson Memorial Scholarship

The Hood River County Education Foundation annual E-Bike raffle is back! This year we are raffling a Gazelle Medeo T9 City bike. Whether you’re using your bike to pick up groceries or explore the beautiful scenery of Hood River County, the Gazelle Medeo T9 has you covered. Learn more about the Medeo T9 on the Oregon E-Bikes website or catch Jodie and Bugs’ review below.

Every year HRCEF hosts a bike raffle to raise funds for our Board of Directors Scholarship Fund. This fund is relatively new, but to-date we have awarded over $82,000 in scholarships from this fund. This year eight HRVHS seniors and five HRVHS graduates will receive an additional $16,500 from the Board of Directors Scholarship Fund. All proceeds from this raffle go directly to students.

The Board of Directors Scholarship is one of 46 scholarship funds managed by HRCEF. In 2022, we awarded over $196,000 to the HRVHS class of 2022 and an additional $34,000 to HRVHS graduates who are currently pursuing 2-year, 4-year, or trade degrees. Since our founding in 1991, HRCEF has awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships to local high school graduates.

Purchase your tickets online or by stopping by the Roasuers customer service desk. Tickets are $10 each or three for $25. The raffle drawing will be held at noon on August 1 at Rosauers.

Thank you for supporting Hood River County students as they pursue their educational goals. We also want to thank Oregon E-Bikes, TicketTomato, and Rosauers for their continued support of HRCEF and our mission.

Hood River County Education Foundation (HRCEF) set another new record for sending funds into classrooms in the Hood River County School District with their 2022 Impact Teaching Grants. Over $41,000 was awarded to 40 educators representing most of the schools in the district. HRCEF has been providing grants to educators for more than 25 years.

Grants will provide everything from new robots for the Fab Bus (a mobile computer lab and “maker space” that provides lessons in computer programming, engineering & robotics to elementary students at every school), to a new telescope at Hood River Middle School for night time “star parties” to supplement classroom instruction in Earth Science.

“I was thrilled with the quality of proposals from teachers that will explore new ways to teach, new areas to study, and creative uses of technology,” reported Aspen McKenna, chair of the HRCEF program. “HRCEF continues to provide more funds for Impact Teaching Grants every year, and luckily our donors and fundraisers have kept pace with the requests. 2020 and 2021 have been tough years for fund-raising as COVID 19 has taken our in-person fundraisers off the calendar. We really depend on our donors in these circumstances and they have come through.”

Educators submit a brief application form for these grants, asking details about the planned educational experience, the number of students and the cost per student, among others. All HRCEF Board members, all volunteers, score the grants–21 this year.

Impact Teaching Grants also awarded $30,000 this year for elementary and middle school field trips and in-school events that bring the “field trips to the school.”

A Special Request to The Hood River Community

The Impact Teaching Grants are funded entirely by members of the Hood River County Community. With no in-person fundraising events this year due to COVID, HRCEF is hosting an online raffle to raise funds for the Impact Teaching Grants Program. This online raffle is the Hood River County Education Foundation’s primary fundraiser for Impact Teaching Grants. We need YOUR help to make next year’s innovative teaching ideas a reality for students across Hood River County.

Thanks to generous donations from community members, raffle participants may win one (or more) of 12 fabulous prizes, including concert tickets, dinner parties, vacations, children’s toys, and more! An anonymous donor is also partially matching some raffle ticket purchases. Click one either button to learn more about our raffle and support the Impact Teaching Grants Program.

The Hood River County Education Foundation also welcomes donations for this program. Click on the button below to make a tax-deductible contribution directly to the Impact Teaching Grant program.

The Hood River County Education Foundation is a 501c3 (non-profit) agency whose mission is to support the students, educators and schools of the Hood River County School District. We are not a part of the school district. Along with Impact Teaching Grant, our major programs include post-secondary scholarships for graduates of Hood River Valley High School, and the Opportunity Fund, which helps supports equitable student access to fee-based school activities. Funds for all of our programs come from fundraising and generous donors.