TOUCHET EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

TRIBAL TIMES

Touchet Educational Foundation Dedicated to serving the graduates of our community through college scholarships

Class of 2017, 20 students eligible for scholarships

Spring 2017

98th MAY DAY CELEBRATION Friday, May 5, 2017

Queen Olivia Rea

King Jacob Schaeffer LaRoque

Maid of Honor Melisa Garcia

Herald Titus Miller

Junior Princesses

Hannah Kromm & Betty Mittelstaedt

Sophomore Princesses

Arlette Zamora & Chrystal Lameiro

Freshman Princesses

Emily Skramstad & Cloey Frazier

THS GRADUATION Saturday, June 10, 2017

1:00 PM

Please Support our Scholarship Programs

Did you know?

Since 2003, TEF has awarded scholarships to 255

Touchet graduates. $366,930 to seniors and another

$30,000 to past graduates in college.

That is an average of just over $28,000 per year!

The annual dinner and auction is our main fundraiser

each year, usually raising between $12,000-$15,000.

To continue awarding a scholarship to every senior

that applies ($1000 for the past several years), as

well as many additional scholarships, we depend on

generous contributions from community members,

alumni and area businesses and organizations.

If you or your family members have benefited

from our TEF scholarships, please consider

making a donation today to pay it forward and

help future Touchet graduates!

Fall 2004—Kindergarten class

Front Row: Olivia Rea, Karlee McMakin,

Jacquelin Romero, Robert Fulgham,

Jorge Nateras, Valeria Solis, Laura

Pedroza

Row 2: Mitch Lesmeister, Cody Kessler,

Faith Dowsett, Kyle Hammond, Kelsey

Karnish, Nickolas Hopkins, Mikaela

Newman, Hana Chaney, Miss Gaffrey

Row 3: Vanessa Vasquez, Lot Butler,

Paytyn Richartz, Josue Preciado, Bryan

Andrade, Madison Fenton, Juan

Saldana

Class of 2017 from Kindergarten to Senior Year

Olivia, Karlee, Robert, Jorge, Laura, Cody, Faith,

Nickolas, Lot, Paytyn, and Josue

TEF BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CONTACT TEF: President, Diane Harris Touchet Educational Foundation Vice Pres, Marilyn Schaecher PO Box 272 Secretary, Carol Hopkins Touchet, WA 99360 Treasurer, Melissa Cummins Sandra Bradley, Cynthia Huesby, email: touchetedfund@yahoo.com Lance Rea, Sandy Reppe website: toucheteducationalfoundation.com

Mission Statement To provide financial support for Touchet students in pursuit of educational opportunities,

and to encourage community support for higher education.

2016 Scholarship

Dinner & Auction

Another successful fundraising event for TEF in 2016.

The senior class “Rent a Team of Teens” auction, along with raffles and other live and silent auction items, helped to raise more than $14,000. It was a great kick-off to Homecoming Week!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated items, all the alumni, community members and businesses who make this annual event a success!

Rent A Team Of Teens Auction Supporters raised $2250 Randy Kessler, Tim & Erica Richartz, James & Helen Richartz, Terry & Shirley Schaeffer

Auctioneer Jeff Wallace for offering his enthusiasm and generous support!

Lions Club for their help with the BBQ and use of the Hall!

Raffle & Auction Donors and Table Sponsors

360 Communications Banner Bank Bordertown Feed Clarette’s Dowsett Family Winery Dunning Irrigation Frosted Cupcake Shop Graphic Apparel Les Schwab WW Pape Machinery Personal Touch (Jorge Martinez) Ranch & Home Red Goat Fab (Gary & Angie McColley) Red Monkey/Stone Hut Seed House

Touchet Booster Club Touchet Chevron Touchet Comm. Library Wagoner Farms Walla Walla Country Club Waterbrook Winery Wilbur-Ellis Worth Fit WWCC ASB Alice Adams Don & Lynda Adams John & Patty Adams Michael & Jaime Adams Judah & Meagan Anderson-Pira Susan Bell

Ross & Sandra Bradley June & Melissa Cummins Sonny & Donnetta Elsasser Charie Flanigan Lori Fruci Keylee Gaffrey Dick & Kathy Garbe Grudzinski family Jackie Helm Hopkins family Kates family Kessler family Angelica Lara Sally McCarty Tom & Terri McMakin Miller family David & Darla Nolan

Margo Pack Juan Pedroza Jose & Jessica Pedroza Johnny Preciado Manuel Preciado Hilary Pumphrey Wendi & Olivia Rea Josh Rencken Sandy Reppe Tim & Erica Richartz Marilyn Schaecher Terry & Shirley Schaeffer Cathy Schaeffer Jesse & Erica Solis Kathie Warner Larry & Myrna Weber

Thank You 2016 Donors

Your generosity is appreciated. Donations received are supporting graduating seniors and past graduates.

Amazon Smile program Appling, James & Betty Baker Boyer Bank Art & Clara Bald Trust Baumgardner, Greg Bennett, Audrey Bredberg, Judy Brown, Earl Brown, Kevin & Susan Brown, Terry Bussell, Art & Cathy Byerley, Stuart and Sheryl Chvatal, Ed and Kelly Crenshaw, John & Dusti Crowley, Lee & Melinda Cummins, Alfred & Donna Cummins, June Cummins, Keith Davis, Eileen Dickey, Wayne and Nancy Dowsett, Chris & Robin Dunning, Ron and Dana Escrip program Farmer Golf Tournament (Russ and MaryAnn Byerley) Fulgham, Bob and Naomi Gaffrey, Keylee Garbe, Otis & Kim Gerla, Sam and Kathy Glass, Steve & Phyllis

Gomez, Vincent & Tina Graphic Apparel Guerrero, Carmen & Deanna Hall, Jamie Hamada, Alan & Debbie Hanson, Dick and Mary Harris, Joe & Diane Hexum, Cynthia Hobson, Allen and Marlys Hockett, William & Julie Hopkins, Chris and Carol Huesby, Gordon & Lois Huesby, Joel & Cynthia Jacobson, Eric & Wanda Johnson, Bob Kates, Charity Kessler, Randy Kregger, Kevin & Lindsey Land O’Lakes (Forage Genetics) Lloyds Insurance/Real Estate Loney, Darrell & Patti McCubbins, Mike and Julie Meyer, Albert Nealey, Terry & Janice Nelson, Greg Neuschwander, Jim & Valerie Petrie, Duane & Dian3 Precadio, Manuel & Josue Rambo, Chuck & Liz Reiber, Wreatha

Reppe, Darin & Yvonne Revell, Scott & Kym Richards, Brad and Lisa Richartz, James & Helen Richartz, Tim & Erica Royse, Kaydee Sauer, Karen Schaecher, Mike & Marilyn Schaeffer, Nance Schaeffer, Sally Schaeffer, Terry and Shirley See, Dan and Gayle Segerman, Gary & Valarie Shanks, Rocco & Heather Smyth, Jeff & Debbie Stilson, Robert Sullivan, Ian & Kelly Thomas, John & Pam Reid Touchet Education Support Professionals Touchet FFA Chapter Touchet-Gardena Lions Club Tri-Community Homemakers United Seed Services, Terry Perryman Wagoner, Mark and Sharla Weber, Colleen Weber, Larry & Myrna Ziegman, Bruce & Sherrell

Contributions made (April 2016 to April 2017) in memory of:

Alvin & Mary’O Adams, Wanda Augustine, Richard Berg, Mike Brock, Daunie Brown, Mel Cummins, Shirley Dickerson, Elbert, Helen & Stuart Durfee, Fern Frasier, Dave Johnson, Oran Loney, James Mason, Pat Mayberry,

L.D. McCubbins, Robert McCubbins, Evelyn Patterson, Marian Plucker, Dave Reppe, Arminta Rhodes, Bob Richmond, Jamie Riggs, Mona Schaecher, Robert Schaeffer, Gert Thiem, Gerald Watson, Henry Worden

In Remembrance

Fern (Dodd) Frasier, class of 1927; L.D. McCubbins, class of 1947; Gerald Watson, class of 1961

Touchet Legacies Three seniors in the May Day Court will be the 4th and 5th generations to attend Touchet Schools!

Olivia, the daughter of Lance Rea (‘88), granddaughter of Robert Rea (‘ 63), great-granddaughter of Delores (Dodd) Rea (‘ 40), great-great-granddaughter of our first May Queen Naomi (Cline) Dodd (‘ 22)

Jacob, the son of Cathy Schaeffer (‘87), grandson of Terry (‘ 62) and Shirley (Anderson) Schaeffer (‘ 65 ), great-grandson of John (’30) & Kathleen (Lovell) Schaeffer (‘ 38), & Perry (‘39) and Josephine (Brock)

Anderson (‘ 39), great-great-grandson of Grace (Dodd) Lovell

Titus, the son of Tim (‘ 98) and April (Carlisle) Miller (‘ 96), grandson of Cindy (Weaver) Carlisle (‘ 75), great-grandson of John (‘ 45) and Iva Jean (Reavis) Weaver (‘47)

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Upcoming TEF Scholarship

Opportunities

Visit the TEF website for complete

eligibility information and instructions.

Download applications from

toucheteducationalfoundation.com

Continuing Education (Junior Standing)

Scholarships—due date May 15, 2017

Eligibility: junior standing or above, enrolled at an accredited four year college/university to complete an undergraduate or graduate degree, minimum 2.75 college GPA.

Class of 2016 (2nd Year) Scholarships—

due date July 15, 2017

Eligibility: student enrolled at an accredited institution, have earned a minimum 36 col-lege level credits (quarter) or 24 college level credits (semester), and achieved a minimum 2.75 college GPA.

DONATION FORM

The Touchet Educational Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit tax exempt organization. Our primary focus is to provide financial assistance to Touchet graduates in pursuit of higher education goals at accredited four year colleges and univer-sities, community colleges and trade schools.

Please direct my donation to the following area:

__ Greatest Need

__ A gift in memory of a special friend or loved one Name:_________________________________

__ TEF Endowment Fund __ Other Scholarship/Endowment Fund Name: _________________________________

Donor Name: _______ Address: ____________________

Make checks payable to TEF and mail this form to: TEF, PO Box 272, Touchet, WA 99360

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