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I don't come from a lot of resources to pay for college 

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so this has helped me tremendously.

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All the donors make us going to school possible, you know.

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I was really appreciative of like earning these scholarships

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That because of them I get to go to college stress free.

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What I would tell my donors is thank you, even though 

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I don't know them I consider the part of my support team

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because without this opportunity I wouldn't be here. 

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Having those scholarships just takes a little bit of the stress

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off of you.  Sure. So that way it's something that it's like,

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I like to say it's like a nice little Christmas present. Yeah,

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A really nice present, yeah, it's a very nice present that you 

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don't know if you're always going to get.

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That I'm thankful and I'm grateful and that

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I want to one day be able to do what they do. 

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I want to be able to give back.  I want to be able to give young adults

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fresh out of high school, the sense of confidence that have now. 

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We get the chance to study and move toward a career that

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we're really excited about because of the generosity of our donors.

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Hopefully, they can continue supporting us students because

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it's something huge for us. 

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I don't have to worry about having to work a whole bunch of other jobs

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at the same time as raising my son and attending school.

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I can put my passion and focus into school. 

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I probably would not be here today without these scholarships. 

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I'm really appreciative.

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They've made college more feasible

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and easy, easier to achieve.

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Thank you for supporting Western Oregon University students.