HERMISTON — The Knights of Columbus Council 3999 from Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church recently awarded $4,000 in scholarships to eight local students attending colleges this fall. Each student was awarded a $500 scholarship.
According to Jack McWhinnie, a member of the chapter’s scholarship committee, the money for the scholarships comes from the chapter’s annual fall “Pig Out” dinner and auction. In addition to the scholarship, money raise from the event helps a variety of other local causes the chapter supports in the community. The chapter has been providing scholarships for more than 20 years.
The following students were awarded scholarships this year:
Leslye Arementa of Umatilla, attending Eastern Oregon University; Adrian Angel of Stanfield, attending Western Oregon University; Maria Klein of Hermiston; attending Wyoming Catholic college; Dakota Moss of Stanfield, attending Columbia Basin College; Adrian Perez of Hermiston, attending Blue Mountain Community College; Fatima Ortega of Umatilla, attending Eastern Oregon University; Luis Santoyo Jr. of Hermiston, attending Tabor College in Kansas; and Bianca Torres of Hermiston, attending Oregon Institute of Technology.
Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal order founded in 1882 to render financial aid to members and their families. Today there are more than. 1.8 million member in 14,000 councils worldwide providing educational, charitable, religious, social welfare work and more.
