Tickets for September Opportunities for Education Event Available Now

The 2024 Opportunities for Education Scholarship Fundraising event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Food Innovation Center at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, 224 E. Crosstown Parkway in downtown Kalamazoo.

The event will feature some of the region's most popular restaurants along with student and faculty chefs from the college's culinary and brewing programs. Guests will enjoy a walk-around tasting under a large tent where they can sample signature dishes. Students in the Sustainable Agriculture program will offer tours among the vegetables, flowers and herbs growing in the Food Innovation Center's greenhouse and grounds.

This student scholarship fundraising event helps the KVCC Foundation provide scholarships for students with financial needs. Support of the event helps to make a difference in the lives of students like Emily O'Neill, a nursing student who was the recipient of a Foundation scholarship. "This scholarship will enable me to continue in my nursing studies and become a registered nurse," she said. "This has been a dream of mine for many years now, and I thank you so much for helping me to bring it to fruition. I believe that we, now more than ever, need dedicated and passionate nurses in the field, and your investment in me will help to fuel that positive change. I cannot thank you enough."

For Opportunities for Education tickets and sponsorship details visit www.kvcc.edu/foundation or contact KVCC Foundation Executive Director Alisha Siebers at or 269.488.4821.