Lake-Sumter State College Foundation

Has helped individuals, businesses, and organizations support the ambitious mission of delivering student success through a high-quality education that leads to rewarding careers.

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Giving and Investing

Annual Campaign

Our annual campaign directly supports our students through donations. These donations fund our programs or scholarships of your choice, allowing you to choose how you wish to help our students. This is why we are committed to improving our community, for it is our community that helps us achieve our goals.

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Endowments

Endowments are established funds, which are donated with the express understanding that only the income from such funds may be used. The principal cannot be invaded for any purpose. Earnings from such funds, unless they are reinvested in the endowment account, are either classified as restricted or unrestricted funds depending upon the conditions of the endowment agreement.

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Scholarships

Through the generosity of supporters of Lake-Sumter State College, the Foundation awards over $1,250,000 in scholarships each year to students attending LSSC. All LSSC students with a 2.0 GPA or above are encouraged to apply. The amount and number awarded vary from year to year based on available funding.

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Planned Giving

Are you looking to make in impact in the future? Through a charitable trust or a will, you can bequeath a charitable tax deduction for a later date that will have a lasting impact. This guarantees that you will leave a lasting legacy of impact at LSSC.

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Commemorative Bricks

You can leave a lasting legacy at one of our campuses by purchasing a commemorative brick at one of the following locations:

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Your Support Makes a Difference

Every dollar given supports students at LSSC! There are many different ways you can give and your donations help us make the educational dreams of Lake and Sumter County students come true!

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Annual Events

Annual Gala Auction

The Annual Gala Auction is our premier fundraising event of the year. Business and civic leaders from Lake and Sumter Counties come together to help support the mission and work of the LSSC Foundation.

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Planned Giving

These annual seminars provide an educational opportunity for professionals to receive Continuing Education credit while giving us the opportunity to show you our appreciation for your professional support.

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Distinguished Alumni & Hall of Fame Awards

The Annual Distinguished Alumni & Hall of Fame Awards is an awards banquet honoring LSSC alumni making a difference in the local community and current or former LSSC faculty and staff whose noteworthy accomplishments impacted the advancement of LSSC.

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26th Annual Golf Classic

Lake-Sumter State College, home of the Lakehawks, offers a robust and expanding selection of intercollegiate athletics – including women’s volleyball, softball, men’s baseball, and men’s and women’s cross country.

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Monster Dash

The Monster Dash is a family-friendly race that runs around Silver Lake behind the Leesburg Campus. All registered participants receive a t-shirt and gift bag. The race is timed with prizes awarded at the end for top runners. Costumes are encouraged!

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Shamrock Shuffle

The LSSC Shamrock Shuffle is our annual St. Patrick’s Day 5K/10K. The family-friendly race course begins on the Lake-Sumter State College South Lake campus, includes the challenge of the South Lake Trail via the Hancock Extension, and ends on the Lake-Sumter campus.

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Performing Arts Series

The Performing Arts Series is an enduring legacy that started over 30 years ago with Lake County resident and avid arts supporter George O. Pringle. Mr. Pringle was a supporter of the Lake-Sumter State College Foundation and was one of the founders in 1997 of the Performing Arts Series.

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Annual Scholarship Dinner

The Annual Scholarship Dinner is an opportunity for scholarship recipients to meet & share a meal with Foundation donors who support Scholarship programs at Lake-Sumter State College.

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