Bison Foundation begins a year-long campaign
It is a known fact that budgets have been cut for many school districts, but fortunately for the Carlisle Area School District, help may be on the way, thanks to the Bison Foundation.
The Bison Foundation has been dormant since the early 2000’s, but has now embarked on a year-long campaign taking place strictly to make money to benefit the students, staff and community in the Carlisle Area School District. The dormancy of the foundation was due to it at first being just for the Careers and Technology part of the school.
The Bison Foundation is a major endeavor because it will help fund programs for students and also help strengthen the community.
— Mike Black, 10th grade principal
In 2012, CASD Superintendent John W. Friend decided to make it available to the whole school district. To determine if the year-long campaign should take place, a 20 question survey was created and sent out to 550 area residents. The survey’s questions asked if residents were pleased with the district programs and also how much they might consider donating if they were
interested.
The response of the survey sent the campaign into action. The goal of the Bison Foundation is to raise 1.5 million dollars; so far the foundation has raised a total of $329,000.
Friend said, “I believe the goal will be reached because it’s really starting to get CHS alumni involved, and the alumni know the state funding has been cut.”
Although still striving to reach its goal, the Bison Foundation will benefit the school district with any amount of money it may receive.
Carlisle High School’s 10th grade principal Mike Black said, “The Bison Foundation is a major endeavor because it will help fund programs for students and also help strengthen the community.”
Unfortunately, awareness of the foundation among the Carlisle students isn’t very high. When asked about the Bison Foundation Carlisle High School senior Lydia Mueller replied, “I’ve never even heard of it.”
The Bison Foundation has a lot of hope for its success in the future. If the Carlisle community, alumni, and students come together and realize the importance of the Bison Foundation, it will hopefully have the success it is striving for and it will reach its goal.
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