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The Washington Apple Education Foundation said it will award over $1 million in new and renewing scholarships to college students this spring.  To be eligible for a WAEF scholarship, students much have a tie to Washington’s tree fruit industry, either having been raised in a family whose primary source of income is derived from the tree fruit industry or who are pursuing a college degree with plan

In an effort to help the Washington Apple Education Foundation, the state Apple Commission has proposed a new specialty license plate.  The dark blue plate celebrates the state’s leading Ag commodity, the apple.  The revenue generated from sales of the specialty license plat will go to WAEF, the tree fruit industry’s official charity.  WAEF provides finan...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation held its annual Volunteer Appreciation breakfast last week in Quincy.  The event paid tribute to the over 150 volunteers that contributed to WAEF and it students during 2019.  Altogether, the volunteers reviewed over 400 scholarship applications and sent care packages to 300 students.  In addi...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation awarded a record 320  students with scholarship money this spring.  Funding for the awards was raised through voluntary contributions from members of the tree fruit industry and its suppliers and service providers.   ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation celebrated their volunteers of the year last week at a dinner in Quincy at Cave B Winery.   Ruth Velasco Ortiz was named the Alumni Volunteer of the Year. Ortiz was a WAEF scholarship recipient during her time at UW and has been giving back to the new generation of WAEF scholarship recipients.  ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation, WAEF, will hold their fifth annual English as a Second Language Forum at CWU in Ellensburg Wednesday, September 13th.   Executive Director Jennifer Witherbee said it provides an opportunity to ESL instructors and volunteers to discuss challenges, strategies and several other topics as they work with students.  ...

Stemilt and the Washington Apple Education Foundation announced eight winners of various scholarships to help pay college costs.   The Thomas K. Mathison Scholarship is for $20,000 and is awarded to students who display high moral character. Tha...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation has announced the winners of their annual Year of the Apple art contest and the top three were from different areas of Central Washington.   Hailey Fisher of Southridge High School in Kennewick took home the top prize with a painting titled Gala. It ...

Coming off a record year in 2016, the Washington Apple Education Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in scholarships for the 2017-18 school year.   The scholarships come from donations from the tree fruit industry to WAEF who was able to help 238 students from 24 Eastern Washington schools fulfill their dream of going to college.  ...

The Washington Apple Education Foundation has a new chairman of the board, James Foreman of Foreman Fruit.   Foreman succeeds Kailan Dunn who was the chairman of WAEF for the past year.   Also elected at the WAEF annual meeting were Bob Mast as vice-chairman; Chis Willett as secretary; and Dwaine Brown as treasurer. The four...