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NewsLimestone Students Donate Over $1400Â to Make-A-Wish Foundation
Limestone's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee raised $918.71 through a year-long change drive and shirt sales. SALC donated $551 to the cause. Read more... Â Â Â Â
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The Heart of Limestone Makes It Back From the Brink
  The Second Annual Limestone College 5K and 1 Mile Run/Walk - Sponsored by SALCOn Saturday, March 28, 2009, members from SALC organized the Second Annual Limestone College 5K Run and 1 Mile Run/Walk.  SALC welcomed 97 participants to the campus and raised over $5,000.00 for the Cherokee Children's Home.  The students had an opportunity to network with local businesses, churches, and schools and many members had the opportunity to speak in front local organizations such as the Gaffney and Blacksburg Rotary Clubs and the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet. On behalf of SALC, we would like to thank you for making the Second Annual Limestone College 5K Run and 1 Mile Run/Walk a success.  The Student Alumni Leadership Council's fundraising goal for Cherokee Children's Home was $5,000 and, with your generosity, we exceeded that goal.  The Run received and accumulated $3,500.00 from 16 corporate sponsors and over $2,400.00 in In-Kind Donations from another 7 corporate sponsors.  Registration fees alone generated $1,500.00.  Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, participants, staff and volunteers, Cherokee Children's Home will be able to use these funds to continue offering quality care to approximately 100 children each year. Runners traveled from various parts of the Southeast to participate: Atlanta, Georgia; running clubs from Spartanburg, Simpsonville, Greenville, and Union, South Carolina; and Hendersonville, Gastonia, Shelby, and Charlotte, North Carolina.  Even though weather conditions were cold and rainy throughout the morning, we were able to proceed with the event and many of the runners remarked on how much they enjoyed the course and the event as a whole.  At the conclusion of the Run, all runners were encouraged to tell their neighbors and friends about the event and to come back to the College for the 3rd Annual Limestone College 5K Run and 1 Mile Run/Walk. The overall winners of the 5K Run were Darren Steagall (Gaffney, South Carolina) and Samantha Waters (Campobello, South Carolina).  Darren ran a time of 17:25.00 and Samantha ran a time of 21:23.00.  Carla Bruce, 12 year old from Campobello, South Carolina won the 1 Mile race with a time of 7:36.00.  All results from the race are accessible at http://www.salc5k.com/  .
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The Limestone College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Student Alumni Leadership Council combined their efforts to donate $1469.71 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Saints' donation was in coordination with the NCAA Division II's national fundraising campaign.
SALC Receives Grant from the Jenzabar Foundation for Community Service
Gaffney, SC -- When Limestone College President Walt Griffin returned from the hospital one month after suffering a near-fatal heart attack in January, he saw a huge welcome-home banner hanging over the garage in his driveway that had been signed by hundreds of students, faculty and staff. ...