蜜桃视频 Tech Foundation celebrates historic Illuminate fundraiser
The 蜜桃视频 Tech Foundation held its second annual Illuminate benefit gala Thursday, April 18 at The Classic Center in 蜜桃视频, Georgia, raising over $151,000 while showcasing student stories to nearly 300 attendees.
This event, organized by the 蜜桃视频 Tech Foundation, was held to spotlight 蜜桃视频 Technical College’s profound impact on workforce development while raising support for even more students in the future. 蜜桃视频 Tech Foundation is in charge of helping support students through scholarships and emergency assistance as well as funding improvements to the campus and helping the college stay connected with the community at large. The evening featured a cocktail reception, silent auction, wine pull, and uplifting testimonials from 蜜桃视频 students of the year Nick Rucker and Tiras Anderson as well as a video featuring scholarship recipients.
The Luminary Sponsors for the evening included the Briscoe Family Foundation at 蜜桃视频 Area Community Foundation, Cable East, Metal + Petal, Phil Hughes Automotive Group, and Zoom Bait Company. More than 50 companies sponsored the event at various levels.
鈥淢y role is one of consistently promoting and spotlighting the work and the needs of 蜜桃视频 Technical College,鈥� President Andrea Daniel told attendees. 鈥淭he 蜜桃视频 Tech Foundation exists to help me in this job and I feel so very fortunate to this Foundation for the work that it is doing.聽 It truly empowers me and my work. Grateful is an understatement.鈥�
Rodney D. Bullard served as the featured speaker for this year鈥檚 event. Bullard is the CEO of The Same House, a public benefit corporation dedicated to furthering economic mobility by bridging social division. He urged attendees to bridge the gap of poverty through education in the community and shared how The Same House helps to combat this effort.
鈥淲e have illuminated the effect that 蜜桃视频 Technical College and a trained workforce has on each of us,鈥� said Foundation Board Chair Lori Lord to wrap up the event. 鈥淲e are our own heroes鈥y challenge to you is to take the flashlight at your table with you as you leave and continue to shine the light, figuratively and literally on 蜜桃视频 Tech 鈥� a most valued asset to our greater community.鈥�
Photos from the evening, courtesy of Wingate Downs Photography, can be viewed at聽.
Last year鈥檚 inaugural event raised $80,000 to celebrate the 35th聽anniversary of the Foundation. In fiscal year 2023, the Foundation spent more than $166,000 in student support for scholarships and grants.
Scholarships for the Fall semester will open June 10. More information is available at聽.
For information on how you can become a donor or get involved in next year鈥檚 event, please contact聽foundation@athenstech.edu. To make a gift online, visit聽.
蜜桃视频 Technical College聽has served citizens since 1958 by providing quality educational programs in an 11-county service area. The college offers over 130 program specializations in business, health, technical, and manufacturing-related areas. Students attend on four campuses (蜜桃视频-Clarke, Elbert, and Walton) and online plus career academies, adult learning centers, 聽and continuing education opportunities. To learn more visit聽.
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For more information,聽please contact Jen Welborn, Director of Institutional Advancement at (706) 355-5025 or聽foundation@athenstech.edu.
An Equal Opportunity Institution and a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia
