Students arrive at Virginia Western with goals they are working hard to reach, but life does not always cooperate with the semester schedule. A flat tire, an unexpected bill, a childcare expense, or another financial emergency can suddenly make staying in school much harder.

That’s where the Student Emergency Fund can make a real difference.

Through the Employee Giving Campaign, you can help provide timely assistance to students who are doing everything they can to keep going. A relatively small amount of support at the right moment can help a student stay in class, get to campus, take care of an urgent need, and continue working toward graduation.

And it’s easy to give! You can make a one-time gift or choose monthly contributions and spread your donation throughout the year. Every gift matters, and donations of $10 or more qualify you for our weekly prize drawings.

Congratulations to last week’s winners:

Jenifer Kurtz – Deb’s Frozen Lemonade
Katelyn Burton – Deb’s Frozen Lemonade
Tracy Holley – Community Arboretum gift certificate for the December poinsettia sale

And next week brings two more great prizes:

Two weeks of reserved parking in Lot 15
Tickets to The Wizard of Oz at Mill Mountain Theatre

If you haven’t participated yet, there’s still time. Your gift can help make sure an unexpected expense does not become the reason a student has to put their education on hold.

You can:

Mail your gift to the Virginia Western Educational Foundation.

Make a secure online gift through the Employee Giving webpage.

Drop off your gift at the Educational Foundation Office, Business Science M327.

Thank you to everyone who has already given and helped make this year’s Employee Giving Campaign a success. Together, we can help Virginia Western students keep moving forward.