The Gorge Community Foundation awarded more than $190,000 in scholarships and grants in May and June, benefiting students from several local communities as well as a wide range of public service initiatives across the bi-state region.  Foundation board members awarded a total of $77,000 in scholarships to 11 students, including the newly-created Corwin Hardham Memorial Fund established through Gorge Technology Alliance.   The board also created, through the gift of an anonymous donor, the Gorge Youth Community Leadership Alliance Fund, with an initial combined fund level of $71,000.  Separately, the Foundation board awarded over $43,000 in a series of grants from endowed funds, representing the original intent and general guidance of myriad fund donors, some of which date to the beginnings of the Foundation more than 15 years ago.  Individual grants awarded this spring benefit Celilo Cancer Center, Central Gorge Master Gardeners, Hood River County Library Foundation, HAVEN, The Next Door, Friends of Wonderworks Children’s Museum, Providence Hospice of the Gorge, FISH Food Bank, Rowena Wildlife Clinic, Columbia Gorge CASA, Helping Hands Against Violence, Cooper Spur Race Team and Columbia Gorge Habitat for Humanity, and other groups.