President Alex Downing gave an update on the 20 kids we adopted in grade school some years ago. They're scheduled to enter college this fall. Nine have already signed up to attend Western and four more from the class are expected to come by the time classes begin. An additional student got a full athletic scholarship to another school so 14 of the 20 are going on to higher education. This is a much higher success rate than we had the first time we tried this and none of the students went on to higher education. This time we paired each student with a club member who stayed in touch during the entire remainder of their schooling. There is an appreciation dinner next Tuesday on campus to meet with these young adults. Alex says we'll be getting the details in an email if you haven't already. The reason I have Charlie Hardcastle's photo here is because he and his wife have challenged the club with a matching grant to secure the future of our Adopt A Class program. The Board of Directors have accepted that challenge and will be matching those funds over the next five years. I think that's a pretty classey act in itself. Thank you Charlie and Mrs. Hardcastle.
