The annual WPC mixer and scholarship fundraiser returned Sept. 1 to the east-side Wichita Marriott. More than 60 attendees raised an estimated $2,700 for the organization’s scholar-ship fund. It was WPC’s first in-person mixer since 2019. Last year’s event was virtual, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“This was a great show of support for our scholarship fund, coming just two months after our return to in-person monthly meetings,” said WPC scholarship co-chair Judy Conkling. “We can always count on our members, local businesses and friends to step up and give generously when the cause is scholarships.”
Each spring, WPC awards at least one scholarship to a Wichita-area communications student. This year’s scholarship recipient was Daegiona Wilson, a studen
t at Southwestern College in Winfield.
A special thank-you to the many corporate and individual donors who helped make the 2021 WPC mixer and scholarship fundraiser a success:
$100 and up
Dawn Monroe Training, Exploration Place, Genesis of Wichita, Hatchet Devlin Automotive Group, Goffrier Studios – Bill Goffrier, Guy Bower, KNSS Radio Jennifer Callaway, Printmaker Kansas Star Casino, Liquid Sun Spray and Boutique, Mary R. Koch Arts Center, Owl Medicine Designs, Raise My Head Foundation, Tallgrass Film Association, Vortex Souvenir, Walter Level, Northrock Lanes Wichita Art Museum, Wichita Marriott – Kate Rose, WMB Creative Productions – Wilma Moore-Black
Up to $100
Kristin Bogner, Beth Bower, Victoria Campbell, Just Tori Music, Emily Christensen, Judy Conkling, Equity Bank, Rachel Fenske, American Family Insurance, Friends University, Darcy Gray, Cecilia Green, Amy Geiszler-Jones, Sean Jones, Kansas Turnpike Authority, Shannon Littlejohn, Heather Manuel, Dawn Monroe
Pictured at left: Mixer volunteer Nancy Anderson, left, with Sierra Scott
Pictured above, right: Courtney and Angela Gaughan found great gifts during the silent auction.