Yakima Valley College Winery Program Receives $25,000 Gift
Students at Yakima Valley College Vineyard and Winery Technology Program are making some award winning wines. Now they ll have more funds to work with after a recent $25,000 gift from Northwest Farm Credit Services. 400 to 700 cases of wine are produced every year in the program winning more than 167 awards over the last 13 vintages. In a press release Vineyard and Winery Technology Instructor Trent Ball says
“We are proud to offer students hands-on experience across the entire wine making process - from grape to glass- at our award-winning teaching winery. Washington has a fast-growing wine industry and this generous gift from Northwest Farm Credit Services will help YVC enhance the state-of-the-art teaching facilities where we prepare students for success.”
Public schools have been closed because of the pandemic but students have been in the classroom at Riverside Christian School since September 1 of last year.
Red Cross Needs Donors During Black History Month
To honor the legacies of African Americans like Dr. Charles Drew and Dr. Jerome Holland the American Red Cross is urging you to give blood during February which is Black History Month. The Red Cross says the passion of Drew and Holland to improve the lives of patients in need of blood is carried on through dedicated blood donors, blood drive sponsors, volunteers and Red Cross employees.
A press release from the American Red Cross says Dr. Drew, a surgeon was the medical director of the first Red Cross blood bank in 1941. They say his work and research on how to store and ship blood lead to huge improvements and they say many of his processes are still being used Today.