By the CHADRON STATE FOUNDATION
CHADRON – The Chadron State Foundation’s annual Fall Fund Drive will begin Oct. 4 and conclude Oct. 21. Last year, more than 100 volunteers from the campus and community raised $202,594 in 2021 to help fund student scholarships and programs at Chadron State College.
Brandon Davenport, development officer with the Chadron State Foundation, said gifts to the Fall Fund Drive provide the opportunity and environment for students to grow into impactful community members.
“Donations fund essential scholarships and program support. When you give a gift to the Fall Fund Drive, you are part of forging future stars at Chadron State,” Davenport said.
This year’s Fall Fund Drive theme, Forging Future Stars, is tied to the college’s 2022 Homecoming theme, Out of this World.
“Both are fitting given our new planetarium and how the Math Science Center of Innovative Learning will help empower students entering careers in the Science Technology Engineering and Math fields. It is a testament to the generosity of donors’ support of the next generation of successful students. They go on to become the stars of our region as teachers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and women, ranchers, conservationists, and more,” Davenport said.
Established in the mid-1980s, the Fall Fund Drive is an annual campaign that reaches out to CSC faculty and staff, as well as area businesses, community members, and friends. Those who wish to give may visit www.csc.edu/foundation/fall-fund-drive.