Casa Dorinda honored scholarship award recipients at its Annual Awards Ceremony, June 18. The ceremony recognizes staff members and their families who received a scholarship through the Casa Dorinda Scholarship Fund in partnership with the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.
This year the grant program broke records with more than 30 awardees and $185,000 in scholarship awards.
Nearly 800 scholarships and $1.9 million have been awarded over the years through the program, Brian McCague, Casa Dorinda’s president/CEO, noted at the ceremony.
At the ceremony, Melinda Cabrera, Scholarship Foundation president/CEO, recognized the generosity of Casa Dorinda residents who contribute significant funds to this program annually.
The resident Casa Dorinda scholarship committee was praised for its leadership and commitment to growing the number of awardees from previous years.
Awardees shared their academic goals and dreams and thanked Casa Dorinda residents for supporting them through their philanthropy.
For more on the Casa Dorinda Scholarship Fund, contact Lisa Thomas, director of philanthropy, 805-969-8070, 805-451-1822 or lthomas@casadorinda.org.