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Features
Indigenous
scholarship live
campaign – an
outstanding
success
ABOVE: TONY BRIGGS (’85) WITH THE SYMBOLIC ‘4’, REPRESENTING
THE SUPPORT OF THE GENEROUS MATCHING GIVERS.
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Thursday 19 October’s live campaign
to raise funds to establish, in perpetuity, a
scholarship named in recognition of Tony Briggs
(’85) – Scotch’s pioneering indigenous student –
proved to be game-changer in every sense.
The challenge was on: our aim was to
raise what seemed to be an admittedly rather
daunting $750,000 in 24 hours, on the back of
the support provided by our generous matching
givers in the lead-up to the campaign.
Not only did we reach our target by 10.30am
on Thursday – and then the $1 million mark at
4.21pm – but when the final 24 hour tally came
in at $1,287,985, it proved, without question,
that we have a truly exceptional community
which rallies to the call when the cause is a
deserving one.
I would like to thank the entire Scotch
community, which included:
Great Scot Number 152 – December 2017