Women Supporting Women at Monterey Peninsula College
Women Supporting Women was founded at MPC in the spring of 1998 by 3 women in the community, Ilene Tuttle, Pat Faul, and Karin Strasser-Kauffman, to raise funds to provide emergency financial assistance to women who were at risk for dropping out of college. In the past 12 years, 444 individuals and organizations have become members. Many members have donated to the fund every year—a tremendous commitment to the education of women.
The fund has grown to an endowment of more than $100,000, and hundreds of women have received assistance. This assistance has included auto insurance, car repair, health insurance, utilities, rent, expensive prescriptions, dental care and monthly bus passes. All payments are made directly to the service providers. No money is directly given to students.
For updates and more information regarding our emergency fund, the most current Women Supporting Women Newsletter is now available on our home page under; Electronic Newsletters.
To obtain an application, please visit The Re-entry and Multicultural Center in Student Services Building, Second Floor, call us at (831) 646-4276 or email us at remc@mpc.edu