SEIU Local 503 awarded 48 scholarships and awards totaling $30,000 to members and members’ immediate family members this year through a member scholarship program.
Financial aid awards of $500 per school year are offered to students entering an accredited institution of learning in the United States. Grant in aid awards of $750 per school year are given to students who are currently enrolled. Winners must be undergraduates and must be under the age of 24 at the time of their nomination.
SEIU Local 503 also awards two memorial scholarships of $750 each honoring Jessie Bostelle and Tony Lowery. The scholarships are available to SEIU members and their spouses, qualifying domestic partners, sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters. 
SEIU Local 503 members are the workers Oregonians rely on for protection for our families, clean parks, safe roads, health care for seniors and people with disabilities, and to keep our universities running.
Scholarship recipient, City | Qualifying Member, Employer:
Helen Adamson, Estacada | Alison Adamson, Oregon Employment Dept.
Dakota Apke, Carlton | Greg Apke, ODFW
Faith Avery, Brooks | Michael Avery, DHS
Jonathan Avery, Brooks | Michael Avery, DHS
Wolfgang Black, Ashland | Pauline Black, SOU
Hillary Booth, Portland | Hillary Booth, DHS
Maranda Burrell, Eugene | Maranda Burrell, SPSD (Jessie Bostelle Memorial Award)
Barbara Byerson, Medford | Barbara Byerson, Homecare
Jason Carrick, Grants Pass | Jason Carrick, OYA
Shay Carrick, Grants Pass | Jason Carrick, OYA
Margarita Carrillo, Independence | Guadalupe Rincon, DAS
Tiffany Chan, Keizer | Cheuk Nai Chan, OSH
Bryce Davis, Lakeview | Danny Davis, ODOT
Joellen DeLeon, Portland | Marissa Deleon, PSU
Amanda Duncan, Seaside | Wayne Duncan, OPRD
Lindsay Easter, Gresham | Carol Easter, SPSD
Alexander Ellison, Salem | Robin Ellison, Marion County
Jazmin Garza, Hubbard | Cindy Garza, ODOT
Katlyn Haven, Jefferson | Mary Haven, OSH
Yona Hazen, Eugene | Roxanne Hazen, Nathaneal Adult Foster HM
Bich Hoang, Corvallis | Tin Hoang, City of Beaverton
Jared Kaping, Bend | Jerry Kaping, ODOT
Andres Maldanado-Liu, Portland | Enrique Maldonado, PSU
Ana Marcu, Medford | Robert Marcu, Dept of Forestry
Heidi Marshall, Coquille | Jason Marshall, ODOT
Tayler McClellan, Portland | Jennifer Steinbock, DHS
Timothy McDonald, Cove | Jeffery McDonald, EOU
Sonja Neal, Albany | Sonja Neal, Relative Foster Care
John Niman, Portland | Shari Clark, DHS
Taylor Olson-Hill, Medford | Kim Olson, SOU
Elena Opalnik, Troutdale | Elena Opalnik, Homcare
Marlen Pikovsky, Clatskanie | Marina Boyko, OSU
Rafael Reynoso-Hinojosa, Estacada | Rafael Reynoso, DHS
Rebecca Smallwood, Redmond | Rebecca Smallwood, DHS (Toni Lowry Memorial Award)
Zachary Smith, Salem | Bonnie Smith, DHS
Julia Studley, Newport | Paulette Studley, DHS
Kaitlyn Traynor, Cascade Locks | Lisa Traynor, OR Board of Nursing
Andrew Wells, Bend | Keith Wells, ODOT
Amber Whisenhunt, Roseburg | Lilly Whisenhunt, DHS
Daniel Whitney, Keizer | David Brown, DHS
Brittany Williams, Klamath Falls | Gwendolyn Williams, DMV
Janice Williams, North Plains | Janice Williams, Evergreen
Micah Winburn, Imbler | Stephen Winburn, ODOT
Amanda Wolf, Medford | Michael Wolf, SOU
Monique Woods, Medford | Rebecca Knutson, DHS
