Clatsop Community College
1653 Jerome, Astoria OR 97103
For immediate release January 11, 2006
Contact: Margaret Frimoth 503-338-2378

Clatsop Community College is very pleased to announce that Providence Health System of Oregon has made a generous donation of $4,000 to the Lives In Transition Program (LIT).

Teresa Lynch, Director of Spiritual Care for Providence Health System of Oregon, presented the check to Margaret Frimoth, LIT Coordinator, on January 10. Ms. Lynch praised the program, and said, “The LIT Program’s dedication to learning, personal improvement, and advancement in education is a real contribution to the county. May this charitable contribution advance the quality programs you provide to offer learning and enhance the lives of those in transition.”

LIT helps students overcome the barriers that often prevent school success. The donation will help to fund transportation, childcare reimbursement, wellness information/healthy activity, and school fees for students in the LIT Program.

" Without student support funds, without access to the LIT program and its textbooks, and without on-going encouragement, most single-parent, displaced students and dislocated workers would be unable to successfully complete their education,” says Ms. Frimoth. “However, with economic and emotional support, LIT students become committed and successful learners."

PHOTO ATTACHED:
From left: Patty McDowell, LIT Assistant; Margaret Frimoth, LIT Coordinator; Teresa Lynch, Providence Health of OR Director of Spiritual Care; Ivone Drabik, LIT student.