Thanks to the generous contributions of scholarship donors and a grant from College Futures Foundation, 175 local students will receive scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year totaling $229,500. That’s more than double the amount of scholarship dollars distributed by Stanislaus Community Foundation in 2016.

This year’s awards bring the total amount of scholarship dollars distributed by Stanislaus Community Foundation and its partners to nearly $780,000 since 2005.

Read the full story at the Turlock Journal.