May 5, 2008
For Immediate Release
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Jeri Allphin
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UVSC’s annual “Giving the Green” campaign raised just under $50,000 for the library. Almost 200 students, faculty and staff donated during the four-day March 17-20 campaign and raised almost $10,000. Layton Construction has agreed to make a four-to-one match of the student donations in the campaign, amounting to $38,000 on their part, totaling $47,000 for the campaign.
This was the third year of the campaign and the first year donations were given to the library. The funds raised during the drive the past two years have gone to the scholarship fund called the Student to Student Scholarship. This year’s campaign was themed, “Leave Your Legacy in Stone,” and each student who donated $50 will be named on a monument that will stand near the library. Faculty and staff also donated and were recognized if they donated $200.
“I think the students were thrilled to be a part of such a unique opportunity to not only give back to the school, but to be recognized as well,” said Jay Fugal, president of the UVSC student alumni board. “We received an overwhelmingly positive response.”
When the idea first came to mind with the planning committee, the general feeling was whether or not UVSC students, faculty and staff would donate, Fugal said. They wondered if they would get 100 people and they got almost 200.
“We are very pleased with the support from the students, advisers and the student government,” said Fugal. “The idea of giving back to the school is catching on. This goes to show how much school spirit the students have with the phenomenal outreach we had in four days.”
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