Appeal letter 2022
LSC Foundation 2022 Appeal for donations
October 14, 2022
Dear LSC Foundation Supporter,
The statistics below are ample reason to donate to the LSC Foundation to support the youth of the Northeast Kingdom further their education and help change the demographics of our area.
Last year many of you responded to our simple message: No kids, no college. We stated our goal of providing scholarship assistance for one student from each of the high schools in the Northeast Kingdom. Thanks to your help, we awarded seven, $2500 scholarships to graduating seniors this spring.
Recently VT Governor Phil Scott outlined the state’s labor and demographic challenges at a symposium in Essex Junction. While Vermont’s population grew a bit overall, not so in Caledonia County (-3.2%) nor in Essex County (-6.2%) Those counties have also experienced a 15% or greater decline in the labor force plus an 11.9 % decline in K-12 enrollment. Scott correctly noted that those figures add more pressure on the Vermont State College System.
With your support we hope to help more students stay in the NEK at NVU-Lyndon (soon to be Vermont State University Lyndon). Some of those will be the teachers, nurses, childcare providers, and tech workers we need in the NEK. Again, it’s simple. We need to help our youth be in the kingdom and stay in the Kingdom.
The more we are able to raise, the more students we can help. Join our supporters now and reap the benefit of ensuring a college in the Northeast Kingdom. Just imagine what this area would be like without a college, as Foundation members we don’t want to even imagine the hole that would be left. Join us now in our commitment by donating. Mail a check to Lyndon State College Foundation, 98 Washington Avenue, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 05819 or by visiting our website at LyndonStateCollegeFoundation.com and donating with credit card.
Sincerely,
Lorraine Impey
