FOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY
DATE: October 21, 2009
CONTACT: Lisa
Skari: (206) 870-3705, lskari@highline.edu
Highline Community College
warns community about scam
DES
MOINES, Wash. — Highline Community College is warning the community about people
posing as Highline art students and soliciting donations.
The
scam artists say they are painting addresses on street curbs for donations that
will benefit the college and Highline’s Art
department. Highline received information about the scam from residents in
Seattle, Burien and Renton.
“The
college is unable to prevent people from misrepresenting themselves as college
solicitors,” said Larry Yok. “If people are
suspicious, they should ask for the contact information of the person who
sponsors the solicitation and obtain confirmation of the legitimacy of the
request.”
He
added, “If people want to donate to the college, they can safely do so through
the HCC Foundation.”
Residents
who want confirm the legitimacy of a fundraiser should call (206) 870-3705.
For
more information about protection against scams, visit the Washington state
Office of Attorney General’s Website at www.atg.wa.gov.
For
more information about making donations through the HCC Foundation, call (206)
870-3774 or visit www.funds4highline.org.
Highline
Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King
County. With approximately 18,300 students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the
state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide
range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with
day, evening, online and weekend classes.
With
the most diverse population of any college in Washington state,
Highline takes a multicultural approach to education for the success of all its
students and the prosperity of its surrounding communities. Alumni include
former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki
Yoshida and Washington state poet laureate Sam Green.
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