The fact that Port Ludlow residents love to learn, know how to have fun and are strong supporters of education is demonstrated by the Community Enrichment Alliance.
This no-profit, non-political group has grown in just a few years to become one of Ludlow’s most social yet education-focused organizations.
“It’s a way for the community to give back and to give back to our school, which is Chimacum,” said CEA President Eline Lybarger.
The group is focused on helping the Chimacum School District, both as on-site volunteers and raising money for scholarships.
The Chimacum High School Class of 2005 received four renewable scholarships with a total value of $2,400. Each of the four graduates received $200, with two scholarships renewable for four years and two renewable for two years. The scholarships may be applied to college, university and trade or technical schools.
“We want to be able to give more scholarships next year, absolutely,” Lybarger said.
The CEA started informally in 1999, and in 2001 applied for official status as a 501c3 nonprofit entity. “Absolutely no money goes to salaries or overhead, we have no office space, and we don’t even reimburse our volunteers for the miles they drive,” Lybarger noted. “Everything we make we put back into the scholarship fund or community projects.”
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