Penny Wars is Here!

Penny WarsThe Foundation has decorated its Penny Wars container using the theme “Gnome Together”.  All departments are invited to participate in this fun, friendly competition to benefit LLCC Foundation’s Pay It Forward Fund.  All you have to do is get a container from the Foundation office and start collecting pennies. Decorate your container if you wish and bring it the LEAGUE Luncheon on Tuesday, March 25 in the Student Union where additional pennies can be added or your opponents can sabotage your efforts by adding coins and paper currency your container.  Don’t miss all the fun! Get in on the action!

LEAGUE gets by “With a Little Help from our Friends!”

“Come Together” with John, Paul, George and Ringo as the 2014 LEAGUE campaign celebrates The Beatles! Stop by the LLCC Foundation now and take your chance on our 2014 raffle prize – a Kindle HD and $25 Amazon gift card – or pick up your tickets for our “Famous 50/50”!  Check out the flier coming soon in faculty and staff mailboxes.  Tickets for both are $1 each, 6 for $5 or a yard’s worth (24 tickets) for $10.  Both these prizes will be awarded April 1.

All new this year…the LLCC Penny Wars!  Join in the fun of this “friendly” department competition with all the proceeds benefiting the Pay It Forward fund which helps our students facing emergency needs.  Click here for rules and details!

Then next Tuesday, March 25, join us for lunch at 11:30 a.m. and our 2014 kickoff show.  This year’s event will feature live music, lots of games, prizes and the grand finale – the awarding of grants funded from our 2013 campaign.

Funds from this campaign go directly to support LLCC students through scholarships, grants and more.  As a donor, you choose what you would like your gift to support.  The LLCC Foundation realizes you have choices in philanthropic support and given the ever increasing demands on individual and family budgets, please know how grateful we are that you’ve chosen the students of LLCC to be the recipients of your generous donations.

The LEAGUE campaign always features a lot of fun, but the dollars raised are for a serious purpose – to support our students so on their behalf, thank you!  Join us and be a part of the LEAGUE!

Penny Wars is coming to LLCC!

LLCC’s L.E.A.G.U.E. Committee invites you to get a team together to participate in Penny Wars!  Penny Wars is a fun competition to see who can collect the most pennies and raise funds for the LLCC Foundation Pay It Forward Fund.  To participate, contact Barb Eades at Barbara.Eades@llcc.edu or at extension 6-2255 now through March 24 to receive a container. Containers can be decorated to add to the fun.  Then, start collecting pennies in your department or area.  You can sabotage your opponents by placing silver coins or paper money in their containers.  Bring your containers to the L.E.A.G.U.E. luncheon on Tuesday, March 25 by 11:30 am in the Student Union to collect more money.  All money collected will go to the LLCC Foundation’s Pay It Forward Fund, which helps students who need emergency assistance.

L.E.A.G.U.E. grant applications due Tuesday at 5 p.m.!

A gentle reminder  . . . applications for L.E.A.G.U.E. grants are due in the LLCC Foundation Tuesday, December 5 at 5 p.m.  Click to view the Grant Guidelines, the application and budget worksheet.  Approximately $10,000 will be awarded at the L.E.A.G.U.E. kickoff on March 25, 2014.

Faculty and staff make these grants possible through their generous giving to the annual faculty and staff campaign each spring.  Thank you!

To have the application documents e-mailed to you, call the LLCC Foundation at 6-2217.  More information can be found at www.LLCCFoundation.org by hovering over “What We Do,” and clicking on “Educational Support.  Again, the application deadline is December 3, at 5 p.m.

Reminder: L.E.A.G.U.E. grant applications being accepted!

Now through December 3, the LLCC Foundation is accepting applications for L.E.A.G.U.E. grants. Faculty and staff make these grants possible through their generous giving to the annual faculty and staff campaign each spring.  Thank you!

The Foundation will award approximately $10,000 as a direct result of the success of the annual faculty and staff campaign.

Please click to view the attached Grant Guidelinesapplication and budget worksheet.  For more information, call the LLCC Foundation at 6-2785 or go to www.LLCCFoundation.org, hover over “What We Do,” and click on “Educational Support.”

Again, the application deadline is Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 5 p.m.  Awards will be announced at the L.E.A.G.U.E. kickoff on March 25, 2014.