Southern Scholarship Foundation's goal for FSU's Great Give is to provide one year of rent-free housing to two students from underrepresented backgrounds.

Donations ended on 3/9/2023


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$2,309 Raised of $6,000 Goal


47
Total Gifts


38
Supporters


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Providing Food Security through Rent-Free Housing

Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF) provides rent-free, cooperative living housing for students who lack financial resources, demonstrate excellent academic merit, and exemplify good character. SSF was founded in 1955 by Dr. Mode Stone, the Dean of Education at FSU, and the Foundation has now served close to 10,000 students over its 67-year history.

Our goal for FSU's Great Give is to secure 50 donors to provide two students who have experienced housing or food insecurity a rent-free home for one year and support them in their journey to graduate from college. Many SSF residents have struggled with shelter, and some have experienced housing instability throughout their life, moving from apartment to apartment, sleeping in vehicles, or traversing friends’ couches. SSF has been collecting data and 25% of our residents faced housing insecurities prior to joining the program. Additionally, 34% of SSF applicants reported that they have experienced food insecurity, described as not having enough food or money to buy food.

SSF is so much more than financial savings. Residents live in a cooperative living environment that teaches valuable life skills and offers a support system. SSF residents pay for their food and utilities only, while also being accountable to manage the household budget, cook and clean with each other, and take on leadership positions. They cook and eat dinner together four nights a week and there is always a full pantry of food. Lifelong friendships are formed within the walls of SSF scholarship houses. SSF operates 16 houses in Tallahassee, and 9 additional houses throughout Florida. Compared to other housing options, like dorms, SSF saves each resident approximately $13,000 annually, making a college education affordable and attainable. We are so proud that 78% of SSF residents from Spring 2022 graduated with $0 in student debt!

In SSF homes, the cooperative living and leadership experiences stretch into lifelong impacts. As one recent SSF alum wrote, “I learned so much about relationship building with people from different backgrounds and learning how to interact and socialize with people from different places in the world!”

Help us continue to support our extraordinary SSF residents.

One Day

Provides food/housing for one day for one student.
Give $9.00

One Week

Provides food/housing for one week for one student.
Give $63.00

One Month

Provides food/housing for one month for one student.
Give $252.00

One Year

Provides food/housing for one year for one student.
Give $3,000.00

Thank You to Our Supporters

32
Alumni

2
Students

3
Parents

18
Faculty/Staff

3
Friends

3
Board Members

Supporter Amount Gift Date
Anonymous Donor  $5.00 3/8/2023 11:27 PM
Katie McCormick  One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 11:16 PM
Allyson Flynn  One Day $9.00 3/8/2023 11:08 PM
Kimberly Hannah  One Day $32.00 3/8/2023 9:41 PM
Anonymous Donor  One Day $10.00 3/8/2023 9:09 PM
Sheila Fleming & Arthur L. Fleming   One Week $250.00 3/8/2023 9:05 PM
Rebecca Patel  One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 9:03 PM
Meghan Luzader & Jordan Luzader   One Day $20.00 3/8/2023 8:57 PM
Randi Cromer & Tyler Cromer   $5.00 3/8/2023 8:41 PM
Norma La Monica  One Day $10.00 3/8/2023 8:35 PM
Linda Bowman  One Week $100.00 3/8/2023 8:32 PM
Valerie Claus   $5.00 3/8/2023 8:15 PM
Nancy McEntegart  One Day $20.00 3/8/2023 7:46 PM
Deborah Lyles  $5.00 3/8/2023 7:14 PM
Tracy Allred & Mark Chancey  One Week $100.00 3/8/2023 6:54 PM
Dionne Jefferson  One Day $20.00 3/8/2023 6:10 PM
Jennifer Carter & Nathan Carter    One Week $200.00 3/8/2023 6:07 PM
Jennifer Duffield  One Day $50.00 3/8/2023 5:51 PM
Cammia Dawson  One Day $10.00 3/8/2023 5:34 PM
Lisa Posluszny  One Week $150.00 3/8/2023 5:05 PM
Anonymous Donor   $5.00 3/8/2023 3:26 PM
Anonymous Donor  $5.00 3/8/2023 1:11 PM
Ashli Reynolds    $5.00 3/8/2023 1:10 PM
Caroline Donnellan  One Day $50.00 3/8/2023 1:08 PM
Rich Halten   One Day $20.00 3/8/2023 1:06 PM
Anonymous Donor  One Week $100.00 3/8/2023 1:05 PM
Latasha Estes  One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 12:16 PM
Jennifer Reed & Ed Reed  One Day $20.00 3/8/2023 11:58 AM
Anonymous Donor  $5.00 3/8/2023 11:47 AM
Maria Hayes  One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 11:17 AM
Jeremy Cope  One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 10:09 AM
Anonymous Donor   One Day $50.00 3/8/2023 10:01 AM
Emily Fulton & Bob Fulton  One Day $10.00 3/8/2023 9:41 AM
Monoka Venters   One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 9:26 AM
Monique Wilkinson   $5.00 3/8/2023 9:00 AM
Anonymous Donor  One Week $63.00 3/8/2023 8:36 AM
Lynne Darby Scrugggs  One Week $63.00 3/8/2023 8:30 AM
Tara Boehl  One Day $15.00 3/8/2023 8:27 AM
Gregory Hall  One Day $10.00 3/8/2023 8:27 AM
Kinsey Pocchio   One Day $9.00 3/8/2023 8:22 AM
Andrew Askew  One Day $50.00 3/8/2023 8:13 AM
Anonymous Donor  One Day $30.00 3/8/2023 8:08 AM
Lisa Fanning  One Day $50.00 3/8/2023 7:58 AM
Carlin Trammel  One Week $63.00 3/8/2023 7:43 AM
Anonymous Donor  One Day $25.00 3/8/2023 7:30 AM
Linda Smith    $5.00 3/8/2023 7:11 AM
Diahann Lassus   One Month $500.00 3/8/2023 6:47 AM

Donations for this project ended on 3/9/2023 12:00 AM

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