Thank you, thank you, thank you! Generous donors to Independent Colleges of Washington this year again gave more than $1 million to provide opportunity, choice, and success for our students through scholarships and other support.
Board member Steve Seward kicked in the final donation that got us to the million dollar mark. It came on his last "official" day on the ICW board. Seward served two three-year terms helping ICW create opportunity, choice, and success for students. Well done, Steve!
It was close. As the clock ticked down on our fiscal year yesterday, the tally came in: We were at $999,890.27, a mere $109.73 short of a nice even million.
We put out the call through email, Twitter, and Facebook to see if someone out there would put us over the top. A very few minutes went by before we heard a whoop from the office of Anne Cassidy, our development director. ICW board member Steve Seward had kicked in precisely $109.73 to put us at the million dollar mark. A few other donations came in, and when the bell rang at the end of the day we had:
$1,000,040.
Thank you so much to all of our donors on behalf of our students!
Seward’s contribution was especially appreciated, as he has now completed his board service with us after two three-year terms. His tenure ended at about the time he made that final donation. Thanks, Steve! Henceforth we’ll be calling you the million dollar man.
Scholarship support is so critical for so many students. Scholarships, state and federal aid, and institutional grants and other forms of aid all help keep the dream of an outstanding, academically rigorous independent higher education alive for all capable students, regardless of their family’s resources.
