PVCC Celebrates #GivingTuesday

Ryan Foresman, staff writer

PVCC hosted Giving Tuesday on Nov. 27. from 12-5 p.m. The idea behind Giving Tuesday was to promote giving after the sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Pizza was given out as donations where received

The money raised during Giving Tuesday will go towards scholarships, the PVCC food pantry, and the Kathy Hudson Emergency Fund. The goal of the event was to raise $25,000. Free PVCC Panther pennants where given to the first 100 students to donate.

Giving Tuesday marked their presence on Instagram using the hashtag, #PVCCGivngTuesday.

According to NBC29, PVCC has more than 150 students each semester that require financial aid.

The $7,500 that was raised by the Giving Tuesday campaign will go towards student success initiatives.

According to Vice President of Institutional Advancement & Development Harry Stillerman, “Students and employees raised $1,083 for the Kathy Hudson Student Emergency Fund. To celebrate this generosity, President Friedman provided matching funds this afternoon in the amount of $1,083 to the Kathy Hudson Student Emergency Fund, bring our Giving Tuesday total to $8,583!”