The International Officer Team has been working to get the word out about this new scholarship. The Oberndorf Lifeline to Completions Scholarship is in the developing stages. We are asking our fellow members to help us in this initiative. Our goal is to raise over $100 thousand by April. If we beat our goal by the time we get to Nashville for our Annual Convention, Rosemary and Lou Oberndorf will match our funds up to $125 thousand.
What has proven to work best so far is word of mouth, however, many chapters and regions are including information in their next newsletter, on their websites, and their social networking pages. Many members have also been successful by posting information on Facebook.
If you want to raise funds for this cause, or if you want to inform others about it, here is the information you will need.
http://www.ptk.org/?q=news/lifeline-to-completion - Read more about the new scholarship here.
There are a few ways to donate:
- You can send a check or money-order in the mail to the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation, 1625 Eastover Drive, Jackson, MS 39211. Put "Completion Scholarship" in the memo field.
- You can join our Facebook Cause page: http://www.causes.com/causes/638367-commit-to-help-others-complete-with-the-oberndorf-lifeline-to-completion-scholarship. You can donate here as well as use tools to help spread the word.
- You can donate directly to the Phi Theta Kappa Foundation using your credit-card by visiting this link: http://tinyurl.com/OberndorfCompletionScholarship
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Every penny makes a difference! You can hold a bake sale, put on a dance, or do my favorite fundraiser; Kiss the Pig! This is where you get well known faculty and staff members on your campus (possibly your college president) to volunteer to kiss a pig (or something else if you do not have a pig). You get a large jar or can and put their name on it. Then you get others to donate money to the jar of the person they would like most to see kiss a pig. You set a date in the near future to hold the big event (this would be a good time to have a C4 commitment signing table) and at the end of the event you count the money and bring out the pig for the “winner” to kiss in front of everyone. I learned about this from the Alpha Tau Kappa chapter newsletter. I would put in a good chunk of money to see my college president kiss a pig in front of the faculty, staff, and student body. Wouldn’t you? No matter what you do to raise money, know that you are a part of something big.
The International Officers are working on something else that is big and exciting and will help in our fundraising efforts. Hopefully we will have some more news for you by the time we have our next live web-chat on Ning (www.ptkregionalofficers.ning.com). Every member who is available is welcome to login and join us 7pm CST, Tuesday 12/20/2011.
Happy turkey eating,
Jeremy
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