Dr. Daly Days Health Fair (Saturday)

The rest of our group joined us Friday night for the remainder of the trip. Our numbers are up to six students (Alex, MacAdam, Willen, Jenny and me), one advisor (Mrs. Sandra Neubaum), two Doodles (very spoiled and badly behaved poodle Labrador mixes) and two vehicles (wrapped superbly in OSU and Powered by Orange stickers). The Givel is a little crowed now but it will do for one night.

We all arrive to the fair in the morning in our matching Powered by Orange t-shirts. All together we are a very effective billboard for our cause (It is hard to miss six traffic cone looking kids in a sea of oldies). We spend the next several hours manning our booth and checking out the fair.



Willen was in-charge of making and selling Otis Spunkmeyer cookies (1$ each and all monies made go to the local food pantry).

Alex ran around and did whatever media people do.



(Willen, Jenny and Me)

Jenny ran a raffle for OSU gear.

Sandy and the doodles ran around and caused disturbances.



(MacAdam and Alex)

MacAdam socialized and explained our trip to people and I floated around doing a little bit of everything.

The general consensus was that most people are extremely excited about what we are doing. We collected lots of contact information to inform people of our journey.


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A Brief History of the Famous Dr. Daly:


Bernard Daly was known as a doctor, businessman, banker, rancher, state representative, state senator, county judge, and a regent of Oregon State Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University). Daly was basically the hero of Lakeview during his time (1858–1920). He was responsible for the economic development of Lake County in the late 1800s both financially and politically. He is perhaps best remembered for his legacy of encouraging local students to go to college.

In his will he wrote:

It is my earnest desire to help, aid and assist worthy and ambitious young men and women of my beloved county of Lake, to acquire a good education, so that they may be better fitted and qualified to appreciate and help to preserve the laws and constitution of this free country, defend its flag, and by their conduct as good citizens reflect honor on Lake county and the state of Oregon.

The fact that his will specifically directed that Daly scholarships be granted to women as well as men was very progressive for that era.

Each year, approximately 40 graduates of Lake County high schools receive Daly scholarships. To date, well over two thousand students from Lakeview and other Lake County communities have used Bernard Daly’s generous scholarships to attend college.


*All information taken from Wikipedia – Feel free to add or subtract