Students Support Sinclair, a Sinclair Community College fundraising project aimed toward helping students through financial assistance, has set a new goal of raising $7,500 in contributions this year for the Sinclair Foundation’s Class Gift Scholarship.
“It’s a great way to give back to not only Sinclair, because it’s a scholarship, but these are students who are going to be in your same shoes in the future,” Lauren Johnson, stewardship officer said. “And this scholarship will always be around — it’s going to be endowed, so it’s always here. So, it’s a great way to give back and support future students.”
The project, also known as S3, is presenting several new events in an effort to continue encouraging student philanthropy, including a raffle and “A Night Out at the Black Box Improv.”
This year, S3 will present their first off-campus event, with “A Night Out at the Black Box Improv” in the Cannery on Third St., from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 18. The event will feature improve performances, open mic, live trivia and games.
Admission to the event is free and all Sinclair students and members of the community are welcome to attend.
The S3 Committee hopes to raise additional money for their endowment through attendees’ donations and food and drink revenue.
Johnson said the venue was donated by the owner. Sinclair clubs and organizations like Phi Theta Kappa, a leadership group from the Englewood Learning Center, the Choral Club and International Students Club, will provide and sell food and drinks. Each club’s earnings contribute toward that respective club’s “Club Challenge.”
This challenge is another S3 tactic, intended to increase donations from the student body by creating sporty competition among clubs. The club that raises the most money for S3 wins a plaque and bragging rights.
This year, S3 is also introducing several ticket raffles at various events and times throughout the campaign.
The grand prize winner of the raffle will win an opportunity to throw-in the first pitch at a Dayton Dragons game on May 10, along with two tickets to the game. There will be 19 second place prizes, with each winner receiving two tickets.
Raffle tickets are $1 each, or $5 for six. Tickets can be purchased in Building 12, Room 201, in the bookstore during Grad Fair on May 1, at the S3 table at graduation commencement or during Sinclair Baseball’s 40th Anniversary celebration on April 24 at Fifth Third Field.
Raffle winners will be notified on May 6.
S3 is also open to any students wishing to help the “by students for students” project as volunteers, coordinators or new S3 committee members.
The S3 Committee has set a new goal this year, with the hopes of topping the success of last year’s contributions, totaling $5,000. Johnson said she is optimistic about this year’s potential.
Johnson attributed S3’s continuous success to the recent forming of an effective S3 Committee, which is trying to increase awareness through “bucket brigades” making their way around campus and setting up tables with the accompaniment of a mascot.
S3 is also advertising the fundraising effort with an S3 YouTube video, posters, progress goal meters hanging around campus, coin boxes at Aramark cash registers, table tents and the introduction of QR codes that allow students the opportunity to donate online.
“We’re not asking for a ton of money, just what you can give,” Johnson said. “Every little bit counts. If it’s 50 cents or a dollar — a donation is a donation, and it’s symbolic of your love and support for Sinclair.”
For more information about S3 or upcoming S3-related events, contact Lauren Johnson, at 512-3330, or via e-mail at lauren.johnson7328@sinclair.edu