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Today, the last of the twelve 2025 Matt Ward Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Explorers representing four Orange County Explorer Posts. Gloria Opstad, Matt’s mom and President of the Association, along with Board Members, presented each recipient with their award at four different Post meetings and a Cypress High School Award Night. -
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March 14, 2025. What a Record Breaking Night! The Board and family thank everyone that came and contributed to the special event! We started he night off with the Costa Mesa Explorers Honor Guard. We have to thank Tim Sell and Rick Martinez making the night so right! -
This May, the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship was awarded to 12 Explorers representing 7 Explorer Posts from 12 different high schools and colleges. Gloria Opstad, Matt’s mom and President of the Association, along with Board Members, presented each recipient with their award at six different Post meetings. Hosted by Explorer -
Thank you all for coming and making the evening so special. It was a blast. The Matt Ward Exploring On Board, Ken, Sherrie, Diana, Dave, Gloria, Connie, Rob, Travis, Deanna and plenty of excellent volunteers worked hard to make this evening festive and fun. We had record breaking turnout!! Here -
Cypress Police Explorer Elliott Ko was awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship for 2023. Presenting the award to Elliott is Matt’s mother and Exploring On Association President, Gloria Opstad. She is joined by Exploring On Board Members, Ken Ramsey, Deanna Hartman, Connie Ward with Mackenzie, Rob Ward with McKenna, David -
Westminster Police Explorer Bryan Hua was awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship for 2023. Presenting the award to Bryan is Matt’s mother and Exploring On Association President, Gloria Opstad, joined by Exploring On Board Members, David Opstad and Cypress Officer Diana Martinez, and Westminster PD Explorer Advisors. Congratulations to Bryan -
Huntington Beach PD Explorer Lainie Shield was awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship for 2023. Presenting the award to Laine is Matt’s mother and Exploring On Association President, Gloria Opstad. They are joined by Exploring On Board Members, David Opstad and Anaheim Officer Angus Yu, Matt’s sons, Liam and Anderson -
Mono County Sheriff Explorer, Donna Cencea, and Mammoth Lake PD Explorer Charles Peake were awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship for 2023. Presenting the award to Donna and Charles are Matt’s mother, Gloria Opstad and David Opstad both Exploring On Board Members. Congratulations to Donna and best wishes as you