"SaintsGiving" Exceeds Fundraising Goal!

Limestone College’s second annual “SaintsGiving” event on Tuesday, Dec. 1, exceeded its fundraising goal.

The focus of this year’s “SaintsGiving” was the Limestone Fund, which is a vital part of the College’s operating budget.

The goal for the event was $150,000, and Limestone collected a total of $168,385.48, according to Kelly Curtis, Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

That final amount includes a contribution by Bettye Cecil, a Limestone alumna who issued a challenge to match the first $50,000 collected by the College on Dec. 1.

The Limestone Fund is the College’s unrestricted fund. It provides the necessary resources for merit and need based institutional scholarships, the acquisition of state-of-the art technological equipment, academic and extracurricular programs, and the ability to address other needs and opportunities as they arise.

“When we set this goal, we were focused on strengthening Limestone’s healthy foundation through even more support for our students,” Curtis said. “It is very gratifying to have met that objective. We appreciate everyone who made an investment in the College and our students. And we can’t say enough about Mrs. Cecil and how helpful her challenge was to helping us reach our goal.”

A total of $49,192 was collected on the inaugural “SaintsGiving” event in 2014, with the majority of that going toward the College's efforts to construct a new library on campus.

“SaintsGiving” was held in conjunction with the global “Giving Tuesday” movement that takes place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. “Giving Tuesday” has created a national day of giving to kick-off the giving season. It was started in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation as a response to commercialization and consumerism in the post-Thanksgiving season.

(Accompanying photo from WZZQ radio remote held during "SaintsGiving.")