Arctic Directory: 14th annual Calista Golf Classic another big success

Calista Heritage Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, announced July 10 that $252,000 in contributions was received at the 14th Annual Calista Golf Classic. Held June 19 at Moose Run Golf Course, the event to raise scholarship funds was hosted by Ariel Tweto and Stephen Qacung Blanchett.

“Since 2003 the scholarships awarded each year has increased,” said CHF President/CEO Rea Bavilla. “This remarkable achievement is only possible due to the generous participation of businesses and organizations. We are extremely grateful as hundreds of students have earned and continue to earn pilot certification, bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees, vocational training and more.”

In 2012, CHF awarded $460,000 in scholarships and, most recently, $177,000 in scholarships for the spring 2013 semester. Since the scholarship program was formally created in 1994, more than $3.2 million in scholarships have been awarded with $1.2 million of that total awarded since 2010.

More than 1,500 students have benefited from this program. In 2012 the top five schools scholarship recipients attended were University of Alaska Anchorage, UA Fairbanks, Alaska Career College, UA Fairbanks-Kuskokwim Campus and Bethel’s Yuut Yaqungviat flight school.