The students awarded the scholarships didn’t get where they are alone. There were parents, siblings, counselors, teachers, volunteers, friends. And former state representative and school board member Cheri Helt and school district grant writer and former Bend Mayor Bruce Abernethy – among a host of others – helped make this enhanced award a reality. But it is the students that had to make it happen. With programs like this, struggling students in junior high and high school in Bend schools can see that despite the challenges they face, with hard work, they too can get a chance at a scholarship for college or trade school.
