This year, to celebrate 10 years of giving, the Thorpe family decided to give money to twice as many UBC students as in previous years.

It was 2006 when the Rick and Yasmin Thorpe & Friends Scholarship was established. Coming from the south Okanagan, the 罢丑辞谤辫别鈥檚 goal is assist students living in that region 鈥� donating to two university-bound students each year who are graduating from schools located on the west side of Okanagan Lake, from Penticton to Killiney Beach.

This year, they have provided a scholarship for four first-year students who willeach receive $2,500.

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Students who received a $2,500 entrance scholarship from the Thorpe foundations this year are Mount Boucherie Secondary School graduates Alyssa Liegmann,Gurpreet Saini and Thomas Girard. Kohl Finlayson, a Princess Margaret Secondary School graduate, also won a $2,500 Rick and Yasmin Thorpe & Friends Scholarship.All four students are working towards their Bachelor of Science degrees.

Director of Development at 鲍叠颁鈥檚 Okanagan campus Adrienne Nolan says awards like the annual Rick and Yasmin Thorpe and Friends Entrance Scholarship have helped grow the young campus by supporting the 耻苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测鈥檚 first decade of students.

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