In­sti­tu­tional Ad­vance­ment Holds Phone-a-thon to Raise Funds 

MISHAWAKA--In­sti­tu­tional Ad­vance­ment held a phone-a-thon from March 21 to April 1 to raise funds for stu­dent schol­ar­ships. 

Three stu­dents vol­un­teered to make the calls: Sadie Se­ward, Kristin Ter­rell and So­nia Nzuzi. Sarah Charles, di­rec­tor of the an­nual fund, is the staff mem­ber over­see­ing the phone-a-thon. 

“We do these phone calls to make a con­nec­tion be­tween stu­dents and donors,” Charles said. “We hope to cul­ti­vate a sense of be­long­ing for donors. We like to take the time to call them and thank them for their con­tin­ued sup­port and gen­eros­ity.”

Charles said that the goal of this time is to raise around $7,500 for stu­dent schol­ar­ships or fac­ulty, as donors wish. 

A to­tal of 540 phone calls were made dur­ing this time.

“It’s so cool to hear donors’ sto­ries of Bethel and why they love to do­nate,” Charles said.

Charles also said that 97% of Bethel stu­dents rely on schol­ar­ships and that it is im­por­tant for Bethel to con­tinue cul­ti­vat­ing these re­la­tion­ships with donors to show that they are mak­ing a dif­fer­ence.