Community Luncheon 2009
ON COLUMBUS DAY

Monday, October 12, 2009

11 - 11:45 a.m. Networking Coffee
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Luncheon Program
Bremer Student Center, OC Bremerton

For information or to register for this event, contact
The OC Foundation office at 360.475.7120.

About this year's event:

Experience the Excitement of Educational Excellence!

In Spring ’09, OC Welding students tested their mettle by testing their metal. For the first time ever, OC students went head-to-head with leading national and international universities in the Superbowl of design and engineering competitions, nicknamed the Mini Baja.

The enterprising students, under the leadership of OC faculty, built a vehicle at the OC Weld Shop and competed in a challenging race with leading universities, such as Cornell, Cal Poly Tech and UCLA. While the OC welders may not have had the same resources as other competitors, they had something better...YOU!

Your donated dollars helped support OC students to compete on a national level and experience educational excellence.

From the Olympian:

Foundation Offers $500,000 in Support of OC

by Chris Carter

As Olympic College braces for deeper financial cuts, the college's foundation office offered up some much-needed assistance in the form of half a million dollars over the next biennium.
In a surprise gesture, OC Foundation Board President Tracy DiGiovanni handed the college's Board of Trustees a copy of a resolution adopted last week that is chock full of support and monies.
More importantly, nearly half of that money is labeled as discretionary spending meaning that the college can do virtually whatever it wants, including softening the budget blows dealt by Olympia.
"It's amazing," said trustee Alice Tawresey at Tuesday's board meeting. "This money couldn't come at a better time."
The resolution, which was passed Thursday, stipulates that for the 2009-2010 school year, the college will receive $125,000 for "unrestricted and designated budget support" with an additional $125,000 "to maintain ongoing support of Funds for Excellence, Program Support, Discretionary Fund, Scholarships and Grants."
The money is set to repeat for the same purposes the following year.
"This is so that the college can know, going into this trying financial time, what exactly the foundation can commit to," said Foundation Executive Director Joan Hanten.
Some of the money is also set aside to fund various projects on all three campuses including work on the Haselwood Library.

OC Foundation Auction at Anthony's Raises Funds for "Filling in the Gap"

On March 1, 2009 the OCF held its second annual brunch and auction at Anthony's restaurant on the waterfront in downtown Bremerton. This year, the Foundation asked guests to give generously to establish a fund to help fill in the gaps in the budget due to decreases in State funding. The mardi gras themed event raised $36,000 in support of Olympic College students and programs.

Thank you to all of our generous sponsors and donors!



Olympic College Foundation Community Luncheon on Columbus Day
Monday, October 13, 2008.
Bremer Student Center, OC Bremerton
11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Local Businesses Commit $50,000 in Sponsorship Funds!
Businesses in Kitsap and Mason Counties have signed up to be sponsors of the 2008 Community Luncheon on Columbus Day. The annual Community Luncheon is the OC Foundation's premier fundraising event in support of students and programs at Olympic College. Our community-minded corporate sponsors pledge their support so that every dollar raised during the community luncheon will directly support the needs of Olympic College students and programs.

Thank you sponsors!

2008 Donors and Scholars Dinner

On Monday, June 2, 2008 the Olympic College Foundation awarded more than $165,000 in scholarship funds to 85 new or continuing Olympic College Students at the 2008 Donors and Scholars Dinner at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton. Scholarship awards averaged $2000 per academic year for educational costs and were presented to students at the dinner.

The dinner was a celebration of Olympic College Foundation donors, as well as the student scholars who are so deeply affected by their generosity. Approximately 300 guests attended.

Scholarship recipient and student speaker Maurine Simons told the crowd that “ the sense of accomplishment I got from receiving a scholarship is something I will carry with me all my life.”

Aqua Auction and Boardwalk Brunch at Anthony's Sunday March 11, 2008

$40,000 RAISED!

Special thanks to our community guests, sponsors, donors, and our host partner Anthony's at Bremerton for  $40,000 raised to support OC Students' textbook needs!

Olympic College Community Luncheon on Columbus Day
October 8, 2007 at 11:00 am

The Olympic College Community Luncheon 2007 on Columbus Day is the premier event for the Foundation's annual campaign in support of the students and programs at Olympic College.  The event attracts 400 people including local business associates, community leaders and interested community members.   The generous donations raised at this event provide quality education at an affordable cost for our students in the community.

Preparations are under way for Olympic College Community Luncheon 2007 sponsored by the Foundation.  This will mark the 11th year for the event.

If you are interested in more information regarding this premier event, please contact the Foundation office at 360-475-7120.  

Special Thanks to our 2007 Event Sponsors:
Kitsap Bank
Courtesy Auto Group
Kitsap Sun
Suquamish Clearwater Resort Casino
Harrison Medical Center
Bradley Scott Commercial Real Estate
Citigroup Smith Barney
Encore Communities
Reid Real Estate
Puget Sound Energy
EMBARQ
Art Anderson Associates
American Marine Bank
CFA Northwest Mortgage Professionals
Quinn Brein Public Relations
Wolfe Law Offices
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Kitsap Credit Union
North Kitsap Auto Rebuild
Bremerton Bottling Company
Mentor Company
United Moving and Storage
TeleTech

Former Student Donates Hank Blass Drawing to Olympic College

Olympic College alumnus Jim Allen donated a 1962 Harrison “Hank” Blass pen and ink drawing to the Olympic College Foundation. Mr. Allen, a former student, employee, and friend of Blass, told foundation staff that he is happy that the drawing is now “home.” Mr. Allen hopes that preservation of this drawing and other Blass works like the “Progression of Man” mural, recently saved from demolition by Drury Construction, will help show the rich and diverse history of the Olympic College art program. Mr. Allen attended OC from 1966-1968, he was also an employee in the Art Department: “I made $1.00 an hour”. He fondly remembers Blass as a “motivator with an inimitable style of doing things” who was “soft as a puppy” and “just amazing” once you got to through the hard exterior. Mr. Allen is a Bremerton native and occasionally shows his art locally.

Established in 1993, the Olympic College Foundation seeks philanthropic gifts for student scholarships, program enhancements, capital projects, as well as cultural events and activities that benefit the college community. By securing contributions to the College, the Foundation provides that extra measure of support that contributes to excellence at Olympic College.

Olympic College Community Luncheon 2006
Columbus Day, Monday, October 9, 2006 

The Olympic College Community Luncheon 2006 on Columbus Day was a tremendous success.  The event goal was exceeded by 24% with more than $128,000 raised to go towards the students and programs of Olympic College.

Olympic College Foundation Endowment Fund Places in Top 25% of Community College Foundations Nationally

In a recent survey of community colleges done by the American Association of Community Colleges, they determined that 88% of community colleges had Foundations. However, 50% of them had endowment fund balances of less than $525,000. Of the other 50% with endowment fund balances in excess of $1 million, only 25% of those had balances exceeding $2 million (the average fund value was $2.1 million). The Olympic College Foundation's current fund balance is $3.4 million