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ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ Foundation Offers Scholarships

By ROBIN RICHARDS News West - Needles Desert Star, March 12, 2018

Stephanie Slagan

NEEDLES - Financing continuing education can be a major challenge - frequently the major challenge - for the college-bound. Needles High School students have an ally: the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ Foundation which, among other things, has scholarship funds available.

Stephanie M. Slagan, MPA, executive director of the foundation, visited Needles on Feb. 27; part of an ongoing series of visits to the community and PVC's Needles Center.

"As of right now we have scholarships available," Slagan said in a telephone interview from her office at the main campus in Blythe. "We now have more than $60,000 in scholarships available in Needles and the Palo Verde Valley."
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Rabobank donates $10K toward ending PVC student hunger: Local bank delivers funds to college as part 'Hunger Free Campus Initiative'

By Uriel Avendano/Times Editor Jan 26, 2019

Rabobank Donates $10K

In commitment to and support of maximizing local collegiate student success, representatives from the resident Rabobank company presented a check in the amount of $10,000 to the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ (PVC) Foundation at the campus Anthony J. Reale Building's Assembly Room, Jan. 24.

The "Hunger Free Campus Initiative" donation sum served as a vital infusion of fiscal support toward kick-starting a campus-based food pantry for students who struggle making ends meet in their day-to-day lives - a tangible concern that's felt and reportedly grown across college and university institutions nationwide.
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PVC Foundation honors local patron Ron Baker at 2018 Christmas Dinner & Gathering, Dec. 7
By Uriel Avendano/Times Editor Dec 7, 2018

Ron and Glen Baker

ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ (PVC) staff, faculty, and friends came together earlier this evening, Dec. 7, to host the institution's 2018 Christmas Dinner & Gathering at the campus Pirate's Den, as well as to collectively thank and recognize the long-standing patronage and support of the evening's guest of honor.

"His wife (Glen Baker) had a difficult time getting him to come out tonight, but he's here with a smile - I'm speaking of Ron Baker," said PVC Foundation board member and friend Marcella Thomas. Read More