GRAMBLING, LA – Grambling State University and alumni continue to raise money for the university through the I’m a G 10 for $10 Challenge, which has been extended through the Bayou Classic weekend. GSU Foundation officials and alumni will present GSU with the funds raised from the campaign during the Bayou Classic weekend.
The Grambling Foundation and the 10 for $10 Challenge Committee invite alumni, students, staff, faculty, parents and friends to take up the challenge to build a strong and sustainable future for the university.
Grambling, like other Historically Black Colleges and Universities, has seen a sharp decline in state funds to support college education.
“I have been moved and touched by the actions of a small group of Grambling alumni who began a unique fundraising campaign, called the 10 for $10 Challenge,” GSU President Willie Larkin said. “This is a timely strategy, an impassioned plea to all to help dreams come alive. The financial sustainability of Grambling State University depends largely on the generosity, kindness and visionary leadership of alumni, friends, businesses, vendors and foundation giving programs, strategies, techniques and ideas to supplement the declining state government support.”
The 10 for $10 Challenge is a way for Gramblinites worldwide to financially support Grambling State University by donating $10 per month to Grambling State University Foundation and then challenging 10 more Gramblinites, family, friends and supporters of GSU to do the same. This simple idea has increased alumni giving by 48 percent in just over three months. Future fundraising activities for the campaign will include events at Grambling’s home football games and a fun day of giving during Homecoming 2015.
Donations may be made using the Grambling Mobile App, by texting tenforten to #50155 and visiting www.gram.edu/giving or https://www.facebook.com/GSU10for10. Checks can be mailed to Grambling University Foundation, Office ofResearch, Advancement and Economic Development, GSU Box 4236, Grambling, LA 71245. For more information about the I’m a G 10 for $10 Challenge, email gsu10for10challenge@gmail.com.
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