By supplementing costs at Florida Southern, these unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund provide tuition relief to students. A Team Sport . When considering a gift to the Annual Fund, you might examine its similarity to a team sport. Every person on the team makes a unique contribution in accordance with his or her abilities and personality. Obviously, the team needs a star player to win, but not everybody can participate at that level.
Every team also needs a motivator, a believer, and a spark.
Though not a starter, the spark comes off the bench to make a key play and provide a glimmer of potential for the future. Most of all, everyone needs to accept his or her responsibility to participate, however great or small the contribution might be. Despite a winning combination on the bench, if no one participates, the team will never win. Actually, when these alumni were students, other alumni who contributed to the Annual Fund were supplementing the tuition expenses of current students. So, in addition to being a team sport, the Annual Fund also constitutes a relay race in which alumni continually pass the baton of education and philanthropy on to future generations.