Scholarship Winners

MEET OUR 2009 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER:

Our Scholarship Committee volunteers received 4 applications 

from as far away as Ohio !  After long & thoughtful deliberations 

they selected Jessika Reliford (see photo).  

Her membership in Cal Feminist made her eligible to apply.  She

will use her $600 award to continue her Organizational Psychology 

studies at San Diego State University .  

She stopped by our office to deliver a hand-printed note.  

It reads, “I would like to thank the California Feminist Federal 

Credit Union staff and volunteers. Thank you for offering this 

scholarship to so many people.  Thank you for requiring me to 

make a budget.  Finally, thank you for helping me get my Master’s 

degree.”  

      Want to congratulate Ms. Reliford in person?   Be sure to

 attend our 34^th anniversary party on Tuesday evening, October 20^th.  

       Thanks to all CFFCU depositors who contribute(d) $ to 

our Scholarship Fund.  We cover administrative costs so that 

100% of contributions can go to winners.

    If  you'd like to contribute to the Irene Mercado Women’s 

Scholarship Fund, here are a couple of ways:

·        Send a check, payable to "Cal Feminist FCU."  Write

“Scholarship” on the memo.  Mail it to our PO Box. or   

·          E-mail us or send a note to our PO Box (click on 

Contact Info.)  In your note or e-mail, ask us to transfer 25%, 

50%, or 100% of your CFFCU dividends into the Scholarship Fund.  

In your note or e-mail, please let us know:  would you like us to 

make the transfer just once--or every quarter?

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MEET OUR 2008 SCHOLARSHIP  WINNER:

    Maggie Frankel (see photo) was born in the Ocean Beach  

neighborhood of San Diego.  San Francisco State gave 

Maggie her BA in Women (sic) Studies.  She now seeks 

her Master’s Degree in Library and Information

Science at San Jose State.   

   “To me, public libraries are exciting and revolutionary 

because they house (and provide access to) massive amounts 

of information that anyone can access for free, regardless of 

age, ethnicity, class, or gender,” she says.  

      Her $600 check will go toward books & computer programs.   

She was doubly eligible to apply for our annual Women’s Scholarship:

she and her father have share (savings) accounts at Cal Feminist FCU.

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WHO WON OUR 2007 SCHOLARSHIP?

No one, because no one applied!!!!!!

MEET THE WINNER OF OUR 2006 SCHOLARSHIP:

 M.A. “Peg” Pelletier is a librarian in Marion , NY , population 5,000. 

She & her husband live on an old farm; volunteer for their local

Fire Department; are working to create a permanent easement on

35-40 acres of their property for wetlands restoration.

The $500 check will go toward botany courses at a community

college.   Peg was eligible to apply for the annual award because

her sister, Boo Briggs, has a Cal Feminist savings account.