MCC-Penn Valley exceeds United Way goal!

MCC-Penn Valley faculty, staff and students stepped up in a big way for this year's United Way campaign. The campus goal was to raise $7,000. The campus raised $9,373!

This year's campaign featured several highlights including: Breakfast served by the leadership team, Cupcakes With Carroll (O'Neal), Gurb's Cross-Campus shakedown, and a $100 Visa gift card raffle to all employees who turned in pledge forms.

The lucky gift card winner was Lee Antwine of the bookstore. Rumor has it Lee is on a roll and also recently won an ipod at the inservice benefits raffle. Hey Lee, let's hang out and get some lottery tickets while your streak is hot!

Congratulations to Penn Valley and everyone who helped make this year’s campaign a success!

Gurb brings in big haul for United Way!

Things were looking pretty grim on Wednesday at MCC-Penn Valley. There were only two more days left before the end of the United Way campaign and the campus was about $2,500 shy of reaching its $7,000 goal.

Then Gurbhashan Singh, financial manager, donned his mighty Hercules costume and went to work. Gurb, as he's known to many, traveled to just about every department at the Penn Valley campus and HSI collecting donation forms and cash. When the dust settled, he collected more than $3200 in pledge forms and $200+ in cash!

Way to go Gurb!

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PHOTO CAPTION: Kate Duffy (left) and Michelle Allen (right) supported Team Gurb during this year's United Way campaign.

KC Star profiles scholarship in memory of Tony Singh

The entire community mourned the senseless murder of Tony Singh, a convenience store clerk who was shot in March during a robbery. The murder was especially tough for the MCC-Penn Valley family because Tony was the brother of Gurbhushan Singh, the campus' beloved financial manager.

The Singh family is determined to keep Tony's memory alive and has established a scholarship in his honor. So far, $15,000 has been collected. Each semester $250 will be awarded to a music student at Penn Valley.

To read more about the scholarship in The Kansas City Star, click here.