{"id":1133,"date":"2010-06-02T10:58:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2013-07-15T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T17:23:48","slug":"unexpected-infusion-gets-clc-class-fundraising-effort-to-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=1133","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected infusion gets CLC class fundraising effort to goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Grant Matthews, a member of the class of 2010, was an integral member of the Chancellor\u2019s Leadership Class throughout his time at UCCS. As part of this four-year program for high-potential students, he undertook more than 400 hours of community service, benefited from distinctive CLC-specific courses and talks, and received guidance from regional leaders.<\/p>\n

And as the recipient of a CLC scholarship, Matthews knows the value of individuals who provide not only mentorship, but also financial support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe graduating class has often given the program director a parting gift,\u201d Matthews says. \u201cBut we decided to give back something meaningful. We decided we wanted to fund a CLC scholarship for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal was $4,000, a steep one for students who often come from financially challenged families and must stretch merely to afford college. Despite their best efforts, fundraising through personal connections and events such as garage sales, their initial effort fell a bit short. At the annual Boots and Stars celebration dinner for CLC participants, friends, and supporters, Matthews announced that he and his peers had come up with nearly $2,700, a worthy effort but not enough for the full scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got the feeling they didn\u2019t know where to go next,\u201d said Barbara Steiner, who attended the event with her husband Alan, a former Hewlett-Packard executive and current CU Foundation trustee.<\/p>\n

The Steiners joined the CLC board and sponsored an annual scholarship because they saw a need to develop young leaders for the Pikes Peak region. Upon hearing the report on how their scholarship effort had gone at the Boots and Stars event, Barbara says, \u201cWe looked at each other and said, \u2018Maybe this is something we could do.\u2019 We didn\u2019t want them to fall short.\u201d<\/p>\n

She raised her hand and told Matthews they would make up the gap on the spot, giving them the full $4,000 scholarship amount they needed. It was a moment that affected the CLC senior class profoundly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the happiest person in the world,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n

Matthews\u2019s CLC experience has clarified his intended career path working for nonprofits. He hopes subsequent CLC senior classes will establish an annual tradition of raising money for a scholarship. As he has discovered, the work is significant, but so is the reward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe accomplished our goal at the last minute,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t put a price tag on that,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n

–Jeremy Simon, CU Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grant Matthews, a member of the class of 2010, was an integral member of the Chancellor\u2019s Leadership Class throughout his time at UCCS. As part of this four-year program for high-potential students, he undertook more (More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":20601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.10CLC-Steiners-280x300.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-ih","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11230,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/11230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}