OfW 40th Anniversary Campaign

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BACKGROUND: The Opportunity for Wisdom Scholarship program has been in existence since 2002 and was one of the first ways the Sigma Lambda Beta Education Foundation regularly gave back to the brotherhood. But it wasn’t until 2006 that a consorted fundraiser was held to formally establish and endow the fund. At that time, 20 Brothers stepped up and committed to contributing $1,000 each over a 2-year period. You can see the list below. 

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To date, 58 Brothers have received scholarships through the OfW program, receiving close to $45,000 in total. And the OfW fund now stands at close to $60,000.

 

The OfW program currently provides 4-$1,000 scholarships annually. With the ever-increasing costs of a college education, the SLBEF Board of Trustees decided to focus our next fundraiser on increasing the balance of this fund.

 

DURATION: The OfW fundraiser will kickoff at Betacon 2026 and conclude at Betacon 2028.

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GOAL: $40,000. With 2026 being the 40th anniversary of Sigma Lambda Beta, and the current OfW Fund balance near $60,000, that goal amount will make OfW our next ‘six-figure fund’.

 

Similar to 2006, we are looking for SLB Brothers to step up and commit to a contribution level over the 2 years of this campaign. Because we have so many more alumni now than we did in 2006, we are providing these giving level options and thoughts on how to reach our goal over the next 2 years:

 

• 5 Brothers @ $2,000 (~$84/mth)= $10,000

• 10 Brothers @ $1,000 (~$42/mth)= $10,000

• 15 Brothers @ $500 (~$21/mth)= $ 7,500

• 25 Brothers @ $250 (~$11/mth)= $ 6,250

• 63 Brothers @ $100 (~$5/mth)= $ 6,300