PLCU in the Community

PLCU College Scholarship Competition

Each year, we help deserving students defray the costs of a college education by awarding three $2,500 college scholarships to outstanding high school seniors.

The scholarship winners, from left:

• Benjamin Rosenblum, graduating from Palm Desert High School, will be attending Georgetown University in Washington, DC
• Andrew Sindoni, graduating from Palm Desert High School, has been accepted to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara University, Villanova University, or University of Notre Dame
• Michael Skinner, graduating from University City High School, has been accepted to attend UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD, or UCSB

These winners will be eligible for three additional annual awards of $1,000 each, providing they maintain a GPA of 2.75 and carry a class load of at least 12 units.

PLCU serves jazz for breakfast at free concert

The award-winning Chaparral High School String Orchestra conducted a free concert at Point Loma Credit Union’s Temecula branch on Saturday, May 16, 2009.  The credit union also served a complimentary continental breakfast.

“We’re proud to have our members and guests entertained by such an accomplished group of young musicians,” said Jessica Smith, Temecula branch manager.  “Their hard work and dedication to music is apparent whenever they perform.”

The orchestra has earned national acclaim, performing in New York and at an invitation-only concert at Boston Symphony Hall.  The only high school string orchestra in southwest Riverside County, it won first place gold, an award for outstanding orchestra, and the adjudicator’s award at the Heritage Music Festival competition in San Francisco last year.