Supporting and Promoting a Safer Huntington Beach
2024 Scholarship Program ‐ $4,000 per recipient. Use your scholarship for a trade school or accredited colleges
The HBPCF is offering scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Huntington Beach. Students
graduating from a high school in Huntington Beach in 2024, who plan to attend an accredited college or
trade school, are eligible. Students who are residents of Huntington Beach but attend high school in
another city are also eligible. Four scholarships of $4,000 each to be paid $1,000 per year/recipient up to
4 years. This Scholarship is renewable provided students maintain eligibility by submitting a renewal
application and providing documentation they have maintained at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Scholarship funds are raised by the HBPCF through the generosity of individual and corporate donors.
Since 2016, the Foundation has granted scholarships totaling more than $78,000 to 56 students.
Jake Olson and Gil Coerper 2023 Scholarship Awards
Seven teens were each awarded a Gil Coerper (underwritten by The Kupferstein Family Foundation) or
Jake Olson Scholarship from the Huntington Beach Police & Community Foundation (HBPCF).
Presented by Dianne Thompson, President of the HBPCF, the renewable scholarships of $4,000 each
($1,000/year) are intended to offset the cost of tuition, books, and fees for the college or vocational
school of each recipients’ choice.
The scholarship programs are now in their 8th year and are named in memory of Gil Coerper and
honoring Jake Olson. This year’s recipients include Natalie Baines, Ryan Halliburton, Ella Jackson, Athena
Thu Luong, August Melschau, Gavin Pacheco, and Dylan Wersching. They were chosen from a talented
pool of 57 applicants.
The ceremony was held at the Huntington Beach City Council Chambers on June 8, 2023.
Congratulations students - the sky is your limit! Fly high!
The Huntington Beach Police & Community Foundation is an independent, community based non-profit organization dedicated to supporting safety and enhancing our community.
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