Making a Gift to Sandhills
Helping to Ensure Opportunity and Excellence
There are many ways to make a gift to Sandhills Community College. Gifts can be made at any time during the year and made be designated for a specific purpose or may be given unrestricted (which provides the college with the opportunity to use the gift where it is needed most).

The Annual Fund
Many generous individuals, couples and organizations choose to support Sandhills and its students through the Annual Fund. The Annual Fund appeal is mailed to friends of the college each year in early November although gifts may be made at any time. The Annual Fund is a great way to support the broad mission of Sandhills. It supports student learning and the work of the college’s renowned faculty. It enhances programs and improves facilities. Click here for a printable Annual Fund gift form (pdf format).
The SCC Guarantors
In 2002, the college’s Foundation Board made a commitment to secure the resources to help ensure the college’s mission of “educational opportunity of the highest quality for all the people of the Sandhills.” That year the SCC Guarantors was born. Perhaps unique in the nation, the Guarantors are making possible the dream of an education and a better life for any student willing to work for it—regardless of his or her financial circumstance. Click here to learn more about the SCC Guarantors and how you can become a part of this very special program.
Creating a Lasting Legacy - Planned Giving at Sandhills
Charitable gift planning, when done in concert with estate planning, provides an opportunity for friends of Sandhills to provide significant and lasting support for the college.

Planned gifts may be made in many ways. These include gifts by will, charitable remainder trusts and gift annuities. Gifts may also be made in the form of life insurance policies, individual retirement accounts and gifts of property such as real estate.

Gifts made through a charitable remainder trust or a gift annuity may also provide a significant life income benefit to the donor during his or her lifetime.

To learn how a planned gift to Sandhills may benefit you and the college click on the following gift options :

• The Sandhills Gift Annuity Program
• The Charitable Remainder Trust to benefit Sandhills Community College
• Making a Bequest by Will to Sandhills

 

Scholarships — Ensuring Opportunity One Student at a Time
The gift of a scholarship is the ultimate expression of faith in the college, its mission—and most importantly—the future and potential of an individual student. Scholarships provide the resources to enable our students to succeed. They provide hope and opportunity to those who might have otherwise had none. A scholarship is an incentive to strive for excellence. It is also recognition of a job well done.

Scholarships at Sandhills can be a very personal experience. Scholarship donors are given the opportunity to meet their student recipients at a special scholarship reception held in the spring each year.

Scholarship gifts may be made annually or supported through an endowed scholarship. For more information about creating a scholarship at Sandhills Community College, please contact Sherrill Matthews, Associate Director of Development at (910) 695-3712 or email at matthewss@sandhills.edu.

 

Supporting Programs, Facilities and Capital Needs
Since 1963, when Mrs. Mary Luman Meyer gave the gift of 250 acres of land on Airport Road in Southern Pines which created Sandhills Community College, the college has been blessed and enriched by the private support of its programs, facilities and capital needs.

These gifts have modernized classrooms, purchased state-of-the-art instructional equipment, created the renowned Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, and supported the high-quality cultural programs for which the college is known. During the past four decades, Sandhills has achieved a level of excellence rare among American colleges. Much of that has only been possible through the truly remarkable level of private support the college has received over the years. Please contact Rick Smith, Director of Development (910) 695-3716 or email at smithr@sandhills.edu to learn more about the history of philanthropy at Sandhills Community College and how you can become a part of this very special tradition.

 
Dick Burke’s retirement became much more rewarding when he began playing his trombone again - after a forty-year hiatus. As a member of the renowned SCC Jazz band, Dick looks forward to Monday night rehearsals and the many concerts the Jazz Band plays each year.