Live Like a College Student for a Day Challenge
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
The Scholarship AcademyCollege is hard enough--paying for it shouldn't be.
$870
raised by 9 people
$5,000 goal
Why your TSA donation matters this year
Low-income college students face the stressful challenge of generating funds for personal expenses, as well as filling the funding gap for their college education. Being broke while pursuing a degree is all too real these students. Most college students—who are lucky—have at their disposal between $17-$70* a day to spend on living expenses. But some others consider themselves lucky to have that much for the month. For 64% of college students, running out of money mid-semester is a reality. Similarly, 70% of college students graduate owing an average of $30,000 in student loans.
With our education programs, we teach students that a robust approach to earning private scholarships for college can reduce the odds that they will:
Drop out due to the inability to fill their financial aid gap
Be unable to eat for a day due to lack of funds
Be unable to spend time with friends and family during the holidays
Take out high-interest loans that will haunt them for the rest of their lives
Experience poor academic performance due to money stress
You can help the current and future college-bound high school students TSA serves avoid this fate. Donate to TSA today.
The Scholarship Academy (TSA) is putting on its fighting gloves this GAgives season to help low-income and first generation, college-bound students prevent post-graduate debt. But we need help putting some power moves in our fight. According to College Board research for the 2018-2019 academic year, the average college student has about $17 a day to spend on living expenses (food, transportation, laundry, etc.). A student coming from a low-income household will often have less than that at their disposal.
That is why...
We are inviting generous people like you to take our "Live Like a College Student for a Day" Challenge on GAgives' Giving Tuesday on December 3rd. Here's how to do it:
Live Like a College Student for a Day
- Click on the link above
- Create a fundraising page after registering with MightyCause
- Invite family, friends, and co-workers to sponsor your effort or create their own fundraising page
- Don't forget to set your fundraising goal to inspire your sponsors
- On December 3rd, share your pictures and videos on social media--we want to see how you chose to live on $17!
But hold on--is this challenge not your cup of tea?
You can still put your support in our corner. Join our fight to help students gain financial aid awareness and improve their scholarship eligibility by simply donating with the "Step in the Ring" link below.