IN THE PRESS...

Joyner
Nets $200,000
for UVI
- V.I. Daily News
May 30, 2002

Radio
Personality
Tom Joyner
Visits VI
- The Avis
May 30, 2002

Joyner's
Partying With
a Purpose
Pays Off for UVI
- St. Thomas Source
May 29, 2002

Joyner
Promotion
Nets $54k in
Scholarships for
UVI Students
- V.I. Daily News
May 18, 2002

Corporates
Come Through
for Joyner
and UVI
- St. Thomas Source
May 13, 2002

In the Virgin Islands, the Tom Joyner Morning Show airs weekday mornings on

What a month!

Joyner's
'Fantastic
Voyage' Docks
in St. Thomas

Tom Joyner's "Fantastic Voyage," aboard the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas, docked in St. Thomas on Wednesday, May 29th, to a rousing reception from the University of the Virgin Islands.

The reception was well earned. Joyner - through promotions on his nationally syndicated radio show and the efforts of the Tom Joyner Foundation - raised $200,000 in scholarship funds for UVI students during the month of May.

The accomplishment was celebrated during the "Lunch With Tom" benefit at St. Thomas' Bluebeard's Castle Hotel which drew some 150 UVI staff and students as well as business supporters from the community.

The campaign received contributions from large corporate sponsors - thanks to the Tom Joyner Foundation - and from numerous individuals based on the efforts of UVI's Institutional Advancement Component.

"Our mailbox was crammed with a lot of small checks for UVI, written for $40, $5 and even $2," Joyner said. "That tells us that, no matter what their status is in life, there are people supporting your university. This is a good example of what a grassroots campaign should be."

Tom Joyner, Jr., who heads his father's foundation, said that raising $200,000 means that UVI is on track to match or beat other HBCUs that have raised $300,000 to $500,000 during the past 18 months."

Joyner Jr. said that the foundation has distributed $92,000 to date. This amount accounts for 43 UVI scholarships and a number of computer presentations.

For their part, UVI students, alumni, faculty and staff joined the fund-raising effort with a successful "caps for cash" drive sponsored by Coca-Cola Enterprises. UVI will receive $1,000 to fund scholarships for its students for every six-foot bottle filled with Coca-Cola product caps.

A highlight of the afternoon was the presentation of checks from a variety of local businesses, organizations and individuals. These included:

• India Association of the Virgin Islands - $3,000
• St. Thomas-St. John Chapter of the UVI Alumni Association - $2,630
• Medical Air Association - $2,500
• Richard Callwood III - $1,000
• UVI Student Affairs Department - $1,000
• UVI Class of 1972 - $1,000
• Omega Psi Phi fraternity - $2,000
• Delta Sigma Theta sorority - $1,000
• Jamaica Association of St. Thomas-St. John - $1,000
• Century 21/Sauter and Associates - $1,000
• Francis Properties Inc. - $1,000

TOP

Radio Star Tom Joyner entertains and inspires the crowd at 'Lunch With Tom' held Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at Bluebeard's Castle Hotel, in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI. The benefit luncheon capped off a month-long scholarship fund drive spearheaded by the Tom Joyner Foundation.

Alumni give ... Clarence Nibbs, left, and Deanna Rogers, right, of the St. Thomas-St. John Chapter of the UVI Alumni Association present Tom Joyner a check forr $2,630 toward the scholarship effort. UVI President Orville Kean, center, and Senior Vice President and Provost (and president-elect) Dr. LaVerne Ragster look on.

Staff give ... Dr Doris Battiste, associate chancellor of the St. Thomas Campus, left, and Miriam Osborne-Elliott, right, from the Student Affairs Office on the St. Croix campus present a scholarship check for $1,000 from the Student Affairs Offices on St. Thomas and St. Croix.

India Association gives ... Representatives of the India Association of the Virgin Islands present a scholarship check for $3,000.

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HOW YOU CAN GIVE!
Make checks payable to:
The Tom Joyner Foundation for the University of the Virgin Islands
University of the Virgin Islands
#2 John Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas, VI 00802

or

The Tom Joyner Foundation
P.O. Box 630495, Irving, TX 75063-0495
(Indicate University of the Virgin Islands in memo section.)

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QUESTIONS?
Contact Deborah Hamilton:
Telephone: 340-693-1042
E-mail: dhamilt@uvi.edu

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