One thing that seems to be consistent is the challenge student groups face in funding their science outreach and service activities. This seems to be prevalent throughout our region and in the last year the West Virginia State University Student Group has been able to accomplish our goals due to our success in raising the money needed to endow a scholarship, conduct our outreach activities, and cover additional community service activities. This success has been based upon creativity in developing fundraising activities and the desire of members to truly volunteer preparing our outreach activities to serve as day camp volunteers, working with area companies, calling our alumni, or showing their creative side by developing custom WVSU STEM shirts to sell each year. Our goal is to share our most successful fundraising activities and start a discussion of best practices regarding ideas that we can try from other schools and student groups.

Funding the outreach: Challenge for us all

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