The Young Family Foundation Story

Over the past 75 years, YK Communications (formerly Ganado Telephone Company) has been locally owned and operated by the Young family in Ganado, Texas. In that time, the company has grown from a small telephone service provider to a full-scale communications company. In the late 1990’s, company owners Raymond Young, Royce Young, and Paula Young Kacer felt that, due to their business venture successes, they wanted to share that success with the communities they serve. On October 24, 2000, The Young Family Foundation was established to do just that.

The focus of The Young Family Foundation has been to foster the benefits of higher education by awarding academic and vocational college scholarships to worthy graduates of Ganado, Louise, Tidehaven and El Campo High Schools who reside in the YK Communications voice and broadband internet service area.

Each year the Directors review the scholarship applications and, through an established evaluation process, select the scholarship recipients. Each academic scholarship recipients are eligible for $2,000 per semester for as many as eight semesters provided, they meet established requirements. The vocational scholarship recipients are eligible for $1,000 per semester for as many as six semesters provided, they meet the same criteria. These students must be enrolled in an accredited college or university located in the state of Texas and complete the degree plan within a specified period of time.

Over 100 scholarships have been awarded. These students have pursued a variety of degree plans including nursing, education, agricultural economics, biology, pilot training, pre-med, computer networking, business/finance, communications, instrumentation/electronics, and psychology. It is the hope of The Young Family Foundation that these fine young people will, in turn, become contributing assets to their communities.