Grow Ivy Campaign Reached $2,800,000 Million Mark
November 30, 2005      

Bloomington, Indiana.   Officials at Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington announced during last night’s holiday party at the Bloomington Convention Center that “Grow Ivy Tech,” the college’s major fundraising campaign, has raised $2,800,000 million.

John Whikehart, Ivy Tech Community College – Bloomington Chancellor, said, “Hitting the $2.8 million mark is a significant milestone in this campaign. It is important for us to thank campaign contributors and the community for their support of Ivy Tech. It has been extremely gratifying, and I have heard wonderful stories about the contributions our graduates make back to our communities. We’ve said all along that this campaign is not about gifts, but about investments in ensuring the development of a quality local workforce while changing the lives of individual students. It is not yet time to declare complete success, but with a little more help we’ll be there.”

Wednesday’s campaign holiday party was held to rally participants to help Ivy Tech reach its campaign goal of $3 million. The evening included food prepared by local chefs including Scholar’s Inn-Chef Chris Spears, Classic Catering-Chef Bobby Scank, Bloomington Cooking School-Chef Jan Bulla-Baker and Chef Francie Hurst, Runcible Spoon-Chef Matt O’Neill, R Street Bistro-Chef Jackie Deckard, Truffles-Chef Matt Smith, Puccini’s La Dolce Vita-Chef Gearry Caudell, Restaurant Tallent-Chef Dave Tallent, Limestone Grill - Chef Tad Delay and Blu Catering-Chef David Fletcher. Wine pairings were provided by Big Red Liquors.

The $3 million campaign for private support is the direct result of rapidly increasing enrollment and the addition of several new programs. The campaign will assist Ivy Tech in its effort to accommodate growth in the life and health science arenas, increase scholarship funding, provide support for the Center for Civic Engagement and allow for future growth.