Your Gift Will Provide Emergency Assistance to a Redbird in Need
**YOU'VE BEEN CHALLENGED!**
🏆 We will add $250 the Red and White Scholarship for every when we receive 100 gifts from students during Birds Give Back!
Because of generous donors like you, nearly $300,000 was awarded from the Red and White Scholarship to 67 Redbirds this past academic year.
The Red and White Scholarship is an emergency fund for
students facing unexpected financial hardship. When life throws curveballs for
our fellow Redbirds, your gifts to the Red and White Scholarship Fund are there
to lend a hand and keep students on track towards their goals.
“I was taking classes and caring for a parent which left me
juggling a lot financially…Receiving the Red and White Scholarship was a big
relief for me…thank you for inspiring hope for me and other students.” -
James Bieber, Junior, Interdisciplinary Creative Technologies.
Giving to the Red and White Scholarship Fund provides
emergency assistance for students facing financial hardship due to job loss,
death of a loved one, or other obstacles.
Jasmin, from Bernadesh, is a graduate research assistant studying agriculture science but was juggling the stress of an unpaid hospital bill. The added stress made it hard to focus on her work and academics.
“I was receiving notifications every week about the health care bill and had no way to pay it. With so much going on at school, I thought maybe I should not continue at Illinois State. Then I received the Red and White Scholarship, and I could breathe and enjoy my (school) work again. I am extremely grateful.” - Jasmine, Graduate Student, Agriculture Science
Your gift may be the key to ensuring students like Jasmin
are able to continue their journey toward commencement.
Thank you for caring for our Redbirds on Birds Give Back!