OCWS funds scholarships for eight California colleges and universities, including California State Polytechnic University, Pomona or CalPoly Pomona. CalPoly Pomona (CPP) supports California wine making with a beverage program that spans three colleges and includes a campus vineyard, called Horsehill Vineyard, which is a collaborative wine project between CPP and South Coast Winery. The vineyard was planted with clippings provided in 2001 by the late Don Galleon, who served as one of our commercial wine competition judges for many years. Growing and harvesting campus grapes are part of the College of Ag’s plant and soil science majors. The label design for the wine made from these grapes is part of the visual arts in the College of Environmental Design. CPP also teaches wine appreciation, beverage marketing and salesmanship in a group of courses in the Hospitality Management degree at the Collins College. The CPP students are very appreciative of the OCWS support to help make financial ends meet during their studies.
Next month we will be highlighting another one of the colleges/universities supported by the OCWS Scholarship Fund. Just a friendly reminder there is always time to donate to the OCWS Scholarship Fund for 2024. There are two ways to donate:
- Mail a check – Make your check out to OCWS and mail it to the OCWS office at OCWS PO Box 11059 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Attn: Scholarship Fund A donation letter will be sent to you.
- Donate Online – Logon to your account at ocws.org and go to the scholarship donation page: ocws.org/product/scholarship-donations/.
You can make your donation online and print a receipt for tax purposes at the same time.