Santa Maria Sun / Biz Brief

Dunes Center awards scholarships

BY JEREMY THOMAS

The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center and the United Way of Santa Barbara County announced that 25 students from Northern Santa Barbara County earned $500 scholarships for their work in the center’s “Fun in the Sun” summer program.

The pilot project, for sixth through ninth graders, incorporated a service-learning component from the Corporation for National and Community Service’s “Summer of Service” program and focused on increasing literacy, encouraging environmental stewardship, and citizenry. The program also included a lunch program, “Lunch Bunch,” which recruited business professionals, scientists, and city officials to encourage students to excel in school.

For more information, call the Dunes Center at 343-2455 or visit dunescenter.org.