Welcome to pre-bidding for our Southtowne Scholarship event! 

How This Works

If you want to bid, please click on "View Items" at the top of the page. You will be asked to create a Bidding Owl account. If, after the live event, your bid remains the "high bid", you will be notified and sent an invoice to pay. You can also "buy now" and will receive your invoice after the live event on June 25th. Bidding will continue for anything not won through "buy now" at the live event so if online bidding closes and you are the high bidder, there is still a chance you'll be outbid!

Bidding Owl uses PayPal to process credit card payments. You DO NOT need a PayPal account.

What You Are Supporting

Because many deserving high school graduates cannot afford the steep cost of college tuition, fees, materials, and room & board, Southtowne Rotary provides college scholarships to those who demonstrate a high degree of financial need. 

All of our scholarship recipients have shown academic promise but because of the various life challenges they’ve dealt with concurrent to their high school studies, they are not typically first in line for the top scholarship offers. Most scholarship recipients are first-generation college attendees.

Since 2008, we have awarded $178,795 to more than 50 students, and we are working to expand our program so that we can support more students in realizing their dreams that depend on postsecondary education.

One such individual who attended high school while living with only his older brother graduated from Oregon State University and is now employed as an engineer in the Seattle metro area.

Another said that the Rotary scholarship boosted her confidence while allowing her to focus on her major studies. She graduated in four years with a degree in graphic design.

And another shared how much he is looking forward to the future because “I believe in myself!” 

These students bring a work ethic that deserves our support and that in turn will support their community.