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Foundation goals are: · to provide scholarships for deserving WSCC students; · to provide financial assistance to educational programs; - to provide for capital improvements; - to provide opportunities for benefactors; - to invest in WSCC through volunteer activities, donations, planned giving and special events; · to seek grants; and, · to subsidize WSCC faculty in individual endeavors. The Future Foundation looks to its alumni and friends to provide support to the College so that its mission to provide an affordable education to the citizens across the state can continue. The opportunities below describe the ways in which friends of the College continue to support Wallace State’s positive influence now and in the future. Student Investment Luncheon/Auction The scholarship fundraising goal was nearly doubled at the fifth annual Wallace State Future Foundation luncheon and auction fundraiser. Approximately $190,800 was raised at the event, which easily surpassed the $100,000 goal. The donations will fund more than 150 scholarships in the coming years. Scholarship funds were raised via endowments, table
Participants in the annual Future Foundation luncheon and auction enjoyed themselves while raising more than $190,000 for scholarships.
sales for the luncheon and a silent and live auction. More than 40 local businesses donated items for the auction, including Alabama vs. LSU football tickets, vacations, electronics, artwork and jewelry. “At the start of this year, a lot of organizations like ours thought if we could just do what we did last year, we would be okay,” said Billy Jackson, President of the Future Foundation Board of Directors. “But, our board decided to set our goal higher this year.” Wallace State President Vicki Hawsey said scholarship donations are an opportunity for someone to give back to the community. “Our lives really become significant when we take our success, pay it forward, and invest in someone else’s success,” she said. State Rep. Jeremy Oden, who announced an endowment in honor of his father at the event, said the scholarships will truly make an impact on future students at the College.
The WSCC jazz band entertained guests at the luncheon and auction.
“When you touch someone’s life with education, you’ve touched that life forever,” he said. A new matching grant received from the U.S. Department of Education this year went a long way toward helping the foundation meet its fundraising goal. The Foundation Board was “wowed” by a performance of
WSCC President Vicki Hawsey presents Mrs. Haynes with a resolution naming the theatre in her honor.