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Each year the State College of Florida Foundation
receives more than 2,500 scholarship applications
from students and numerous asks for support of SCF’s
programs by faculty and staff. While addressing these
important needs, the Foundation is also working to
raise capital to maintain and plan for SCF buildings that
accommodate future workforce needs, such as handson
training with clinical simulators, operating modern
manufacturing equipment or working with complex
lab apparatuses.
Traditionally, funding for your local community college
comes from the state and taxpayer contributions to
what is called the Public Education and Capital Outlay
(PECO) fund. However, PECO is funded from taxes on
a homeowner’s landline phone and energy bills, which
are being reduced as more consumers choose to have
only cellular service and have significantly reduced
their energy consumption.
With support from the local community and passionate
donors, last year the Foundation awarded more than
$1.6 million in scholarships to more than 900 students,
assisted programs with $50,000 plus in aid and raised
$1 million to support SCF’s new Library & Learning
Center.
This coming year, the SCF Foundation will again have
more than 2,500 students seeking support for tuition,
books and equipment while the College also seeks to
make improvements to its buildings. A capital campaign
is currently underway for a new Studio for the
Performing Arts and a Health and Human Performance
Center to accommodate SCF’s growing music programs,
five intercollegiate sports teams and wellness programs.
With your help, the State College of Florida Foundation
looks forward to meeting the needs of students and the
community by successfully reaching its $10 million
capital campaign goal.
CONNECT >>> Barbara Bourgoin, Director of Development | 941.752.5398 | bourgob@SCF.edu | SCF-Foundation.org
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