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  • Local PEO chapter opening doors with scholarships

    BARBARA WARE, For PEO Chapter J.T.|Jun 20, 2024

    One of the most rewarding projects of PEO, Philanthropic Education Organization, is to award scholarships to young women throughout the world. Local chapter J.T. has the unique pleasure of offering $500 scholarships to high school seniors from Wasco and Shafter high schools who have been accepted to four-year colleges. This year, three outstanding young women, Brisedia Ruiz, Airam Sotelo, and Yolanda Bailey, were selected based on their academic achievements, extracurricular activities and...

  • PEO holiday fundraiser

    Barbara Ware, Publicity chair, PEO|Jan 4, 2024

    The local chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization had fun mixing business with pleasure at the recent December meeting. The meeting was held at the Shafter home of Priscilla Neufeld. The regular business meeting was followed by an auction of holiday specialty items donated by JT members. Nancy Neufeld presided over the auction, which consisted mostly of homemade items, including delicious baked goods, quilts and holiday decor. Most of the proceeds from the auction will go to the...

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