Image: Chilliwack Foundation / F. Clifford Brown Scholarship recipient Sona Teny (centre) with Chilliwack Foundation Board members, Ferne Heaps, and Jordan Forsyth at Chilliwack Senior Secondary awards night. The Chilliwack Foundation says exactly 68 Chilliwack graduates were recently awarded $86,750 to assist with their ongoing education.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack Foundation

Chilliwack Foundation awards over $86,000 in scholarships to Chilliwack graduates

Jul 2, 2024 | 11:26 AM

CHILLIWACK — Nearly 70 graduates of secondary schools in Chilliwack have had their postsecondary educational plans enriched by the generosity of the Chilliwack Foundation and its magnanimous donors.

According to a social media post from the non-profit organization, the Chilliwack Foundation says exactly 68 Chilliwack graduates were awarded $86,750 to assist with their ongoing education.

The foundation reports that every dollar donated to the Chilliwack Foundation is invested in perpetuity, and only the income from these investments is used to provide scholarships to Chilliwack graduates.

The following 2024 graduates received funds from the F. Clifford Brown Scholarships, the Dr. Anne Sussel Science Awards, the Bowes Education Awards, the Frank George Memorial Awards, the Jack Williams Memorial Awards, the Don Urquhart McGillivray
Memorial Award, the John & Joy Helders Awards, the Luscombe/VonBylberg Memorial Scholarships, the Chilliwack 1993 B.C. Summer Games Legacy Awards, the Dr. Tony Newby Memorial Scholarships, the Dr. Carmen Kirkness Memorial Scholarships, the Atchelitz Farmers Institute Scholarships and the Anna Hejja Legacy Scholarships.

Chilliwack Secondary School: Katie Fuerst, Avery Holwerda, Emily Jou, Luke Davies, Sona Teny, Linda Barito, Anita Mjekiqi, Aliyah Gamboa, Sarah Sukhja, James Goh, Alina Reid, Justin Bradshaw, Alisha Hampton, Isabella McPhee, Kellsie Bowman, and Ella Grimard.

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G.W. Graham Secondary School: Phoebe Floquet Kitchener, Ying Ying Li, Colby Paige and 11 anonymous students.

Imagine High Integrated Arts and Technology Secondary: Jasper Oberst, Cleopatra Granneman-Mason, Ava Peppler, Greenlee Welsh, Haiven Redekop and one anonymous student.

Kw’íyeqel Secondary School: Greydin Fitzpatrick and Ella Urbash.

Sardis Secondary School: Chelsey Fooks, Ryan Byhre, Lucas Vugtaveen, Charles Macsabejon, Anika Gregory, Chelsea Frose, Jimin Park, Jayda Pitt, Rae Bates, Roman Pinsker, Grace Youssef, Emma Dow, Selina Park, Abby Isaak, Bentley McMullin, Kurtis Medwenitsch, Luke Brosinski, April Friesen, Kira Luck, Ewen Larsen, Emily Werner, Lindsay Point, Natalie Schulz, Vanessa Fairborn, Josh Stephens, Song-ah Clarke, Madison Frank, and one anonymous student.

Unity Christian School: Luke Graham.