Canton Daily Ledger
CANTON The Spoon River College Foundation is pleased to announce that, thanks to the generosity of donors across the SRC district and beyond, its #GivingSPOONday campaign was a huge success, surpassing its goal and raising $50,822 from 360 separate gifts, including all matching funds.
As part of the larger Giving Tuesday movement to create a worldwide day of giving, the SRC Foundation had challenged all friends of SRC to “change lives for good,” and give 200 separate gifts to benefit SRC in the 24-hour period of December 1.
“By the end of the night, we had already increased our goal to 250 gifts, and our generous communities helped us soar right past that goal, too,” said Colin Davis, Executive Director of the SRC Foundation. “While SRC students’ need is greater than ever, we know they’re nowhere near alone. To see this kind of response when we know how much financial need is out there right now is simply incredible. We can’t thank our communiti