Scholarships
The Helen Veress-Mitchell Scholarship Program helps HIV-positive individuals pursue higher education, including college, trade, and technical schools, as well as graduate degrees.
Providing college scholarships to HIV-positive students since 1995 has proven to be one of the most rewarding projects CCAF has undertaken. By investing in education, we are investing not only in people's health and well-being but in the overall health and well-being of the future.
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The Helen Veress-Mitchell Scholarship Fund awards money to HIV-positive students attending college or technical schools. Since its creation in 1995, the program has raised and distributed more than $500,000 to students in Northern California.
Why the Scholarship Fund Matters
Investing in people living with HIV is crucial and a primary mission of Capital City AIDS Fund (CCAF). The Helen Veress-Mitchell Scholarship program was created in 2002 and since has accrued donations and awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships. These scholarships help people living with HIV attend college or technical school. Most are pursuing careers in the health care field in hopes of helping other people living with HIV.
The Helen Veress-Mitchell Scholarship Fund was established in memory of the mother of Joyce Mitchell, chair of the CCAF board and a co-founder. "The scholarship fund is something my mother would be very proud of," said Mitchell. "I couldn't think of a better way of keeping her memory alive."
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