From Rene Rodgriquez, President, VCCCDRA
On August 7, 2019, at our VCCCDRA Exec Board meeting, I was very pleased to report to the Board that we have received $11,795 in contributions from retirees to date.
The fact of the matter is that in just over 4 weeks after announcing to retirees that they could begin sending actual contributions, we received a total of $10,700, surpassing the goal of $10,500 that we needed to establish the annual $500 Don B. Medley Scholarship.
The following week, Pat Gage, Treasurer, and I went to the bank where Pat established the VCCCDRA account, and we deposited 201 checks totaling $10,900, $200 for lifetime dues and $10,700 for the scholarship.
TODAY, a day later, the total amount contributed stands at $12,320. The contributions keep coming in every day, and when the contributions come in for the outstanding pledges that remain, we will be very short of being able to offer a $700 dollar scholarship every year, instead of $500.
Let me encourage those who have yet to make an actual contribution that it is not too late to become a founding contributor to the Don B. Medley Scholarship.
For those interested in attending, we shall all be able to witness the first VCCCDRA sponsored Don B. Medley Scholarship awarded in June, 2020.
To download the Don B. Medley Scholarship Contribution Form, click here.
To visit the VCCCDRA website, click here.
