Support the Student Emergency Fund This Giving Tuesday

Did you know that over 50% of our students come from households that earn less than $30,000 a year? Among them are a number of students who are suffering significantly today – living with the threat of eviction, addressing medical emergencies at home, or struggling to find their next meal. It is imperative that the Queens College community comes together as a family on Giving Tuesday to support students who are currently experiencing the greatest of financial difficulties and emergencies at home.

Over the last year we have had over 750 students submit an emergency application. By supporting the Student Emergency Services Fund we can ensure that our students will remain in school, and stay on track toward graduation. It is our hope that with a helping hand, the burdens and stress they are experiencing can be eased and that these promising students may continue their studies and pursue their dreams of a better life through higher education.

By participating in this year’s Giving Tuesday, you can help with:

Provide Housing assistance for housing insecure
Reduce food insecurity among QC students and their families by providing food and other assistance
Medical and dental bills for uninsured medically necessary procedure
Destruction of living quarters due to fire, flood or other natural disaster
Documented theft of computer, books, clothing or other essential belongings
Unexpected, unforeseen, or unavoidable emergency expense related to illness or death in the immediate family; being a victim of an accident or crime; loss of childcare
30-day unlimited MetroCard each semester
Book/Course Material Voucher – Funds to purchase books, academic course materials and supplies through the college bookstore
Period Poverty – providing access to menstrual hygiene tools and education, including but not limited to sanitary products to address the financial constraint or negative socio-cultural stigmas associated with menstruation.

Tomorrow depends on the difference you make today. Make that difference on Giving Tuesday.