Virginia Tech Rescue Squad - Scholarship

Dear Friends and Family,

I usually don't forward requests for support of a fund-raiser, but this one is near and dear to my heart and any contribution you can make to this would mean so much to me. For those of you who knew me in college (or have heard me talk about my college days), you know that I was a volunteer EMT with the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad (VTRS) for over 5 years. I loved doing it and I became a Life Member of the squad in 1992. I have often wondered if fate was involved in me taking that road in my life because of how well it prepared me to handle Faith's issues.

Since the tragic campus shooting on April 16th, 2007, the VTRS has become recognized as an extremely important student organization on campus and the University is supporting the establishment of an endowment to eventually fund full tuition scholarships for every member of the squad. Considering these full time students volunteer roughly 40 hours a week, it is a well deserved scholarship. To get the University's support on this, the Life Member Alumni Association has promised to contribute $50,000.00, half of what is needed to fund just one scholarship. For us to reach that goal, each Life Member has been asked to raise $150 by October 10th, so if any of you can contribute $5 - $10, I would be really grateful.

To contribute online, please follow instructions below, or if you prefer to mail a check to me make it payable to the "Virginia Tech Foundation" and I will mail it in.

Online: Go to http://www.campaign.vt.edu/ and select "Give Now," fill in your info and then in the Gift Information section please list it in the field marked "Other" as follows: Amount: $(5 or whatever) for "VT Rescue Squad LMAA Endowed Scholarship" If you donate online, please send me an email (rkargoll@comcast.net) that you did it, if you don't mind.

If you would like to know more about VTRS, check out the website: http://www.rescue.vt.edu/

Thank you!!
Robin