Since 1988, the Virginia Tech Alumni Association - Charlotte Chapter has awarded over $54,000 in scholarships to Charlotte area high school students who will be attending Virginia Tech as freshmen.  To facilitate this process, we have two interest bearing scholarship accounts in Blacksburg:
 
Charlotte Chapter Scholarship - Account #882586
Charlotte Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship - Account #860410
 
The annual scholarships (listed below) are paid out of the Charlotte Chapter Scholarship account. 
 
The Charlotte Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship account was created using proceeds from our annual golf tournaments.  Once this account reaches $50,000 (as per the University's endowment guidelines - we are nearly there), it will enable us to further supplement the annual scholarships based on the interest earned in the account.  We could not have created this account without the commitment of our golf tournament players, sponsors, and especially our organizing director, Gary Lark.
 
If you would like to help support these accounts, there are two ways to make a gift (outlined below). 
 
Please remember: YOUR DONATION DOESN’T NEED TO BE BIG TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.  If each local alumnus gave only $25 and used corporate matching, we could raise over $200,000 a year and endow many more scholarships.
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1. Write a check made out to the Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. and note the name of the fund or the account number (provided above) on the check and mail to:

Virginia Tech
Gift Accounting
University Development (0336)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

or:

2. Go to the Campaign page at http://www.campaign.vt.edu/campaign-vt/ and click on the Give Now button. Under Gift Information, complete the Other Designation box with either the name of the scholarship or the account number.

Don't forget to take advantage of corporate matching gifts in order to multiply your donation. A list of known participating companies can be found here: http://www.matchinggifts.com/vatech/.

If you have any questions about these scholarship accounts or how to support it, please contact John Mattox.

If you would like information on sponsoring or participating in the 12th Annual Charlotte VT Alumni Golf Classic, please contact Gary Lark.