Wenatchee, Wash… With much anticipation, the Washington apples specialty license plates will make their debut next week. Starting July 1st, Washington drivers may order the plates for their licensed vehicles from the Department of Licensing website at https://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/specialdesign.html. Proceeds from the sales and renewals of the plates benefit the Washington...
Last week Good Fruit Grower contacted WAEF to find out what we’re doing differently since the start of the pandemic. In our visit, I realized there have been a lot of changes at WAEF. It seemed like a good idea to share those out and keep our full WAEF community apprised. (Thank you...
Students learned of their awards this week in an improvised congratulations announcement. Industry members and supporters are providing over $1 million in scholarship aid to this group of dedicated and worthy young people. This year's scholarship recipients include 218 renewing students and 92 new scholarship recipients. 66 of our new students...
WAEF students never fail to amaze us. I am excited to share a special story with you about one of our current WAEF students. Last Friday the 2020 WAEF Wish List was distributed via email. This list includes men and women identified by our scholarship selection committee. The students on the list have strong potential and...
This year 24 impressive young spellers earned entry to the NCW Regional Spelling Bee organized by the Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF). The regional champion represents north central Washington at the national Scripps Spelling Bee held annually in the spring in Washington DC. Students in grades 4th-8th from Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas...
This afternoon the Washington State House of Representatives passed SB6032 - our final hurdle to getting the new Washington apples specialty plates into law. We are so appreciative of our primary sponsor Senator Brad Hawkins and the dedication and work of our Yakima and Wenatchee area legislators. Below is the announcement...
Yesterday WAEF directors met in Ellensburg for their quarterly board of directors meeting. Directors present included chairman Chris Willett, vice-chairman Jeff Fagg and members Bart Gebers, Ben Jensen, Cory Groves, Dennis Bigness, Dwaine Brown, Frank Davis, James Foreman, Keith Veselka, Kristin Kershaw-Snapp, LaVerne Bergstrom, Larry Martin, Rolando Martin and Ruth Pringle....
Add you name to the petition sharing your support of the plate honoring Washington apple growers and supporting student success through WAEF - ipetition. In the 2020 legislative session, the Washington Apple Commission with support from Senator Brad Hawkins is proposing the creation of a Washington state license plate recognizing the...
Kathryn Sims (left) shared about her job as an engineer at Van Doren Sales with WAEF student Elizabeth Ruldo. Student career tours took place this week. We decided to change up the format a little bit for the spring tours. Instead of these being "exploratory" tours where students traveled together to...
