2022 Valencourt Scholarship Recipients
United Community’s Progreso Literacy and Citizenship Center is pleased to announce this year’s Valencourt Scholarship recipients for 2022. The Valencourt Scholarship was created in 2014 at the bequest of Ms. Lois Valencourt to enable students graduating from Mount Vernon, West Potomac, and Bryant High Schools to pursue vocational training or a traditional college education. Recipients receive […]
What Goes Around, Comes Around: Battelle Scholar Gives Back
It’s early on a chilly Friday morning, as Jiayi Liu, a 24-year old recruitment manager leaves her house carrying a heavy bag of canned food. It’s only a short walk from her doorstep to the food pantry at Fordson Road, she remembers, as she passes the spot where she used to wait for the school […]
Thank You For Supporting My College Dream: Vanesa Avila – 2020 Valencourt Scholarship Recipient
[United Community] has helped me to be one step closer into finishing my degree [thanks to the Valencourt Scholarship]. This scholarship is truly a great opportunity because it will help me to be able to pay for classes and textbooks. I am currently pursuing an associate degree in social science/teacher education at NOVA. My end college […]
