BBCC receives grant for GED center

MOSES LAKE - Big Bend Community College received a $3,500 grant from the Staples Foundation to pay some of the costs of updating its GED testing center.

State rules will require GED testing centers to switch to computer-based testing during 2013, said LeAnne Parton, executive director of the BBCC Foundation.

The Staples Foundation grant will help pay some of the costs, she said.

The grant came at the recommendation of Kevin Donovan, the Moses Lake Staples store manager. The company has a program that takes the recommendations of Staples managers into account when making foundation awards.

Its "$2 Million & Change" program has awarded about $1.4 million for the year, and the goal is to give away at least $2 million before the end of the year, according to a press release from BBCC.