Mount Saint Mary College’s Go Blue virtual fundraiser recently earned more than $43,000 for a variety of departments, scholarships, and clubs at the college. 
For the fundraiser, “Mount champions” advocated and raised money for their program, discipline, project, sport, scholarship, and other causes. These champions set goals for their fundraising initiative, and when that goal was achieved, they dyed their hair blue – one of the Mount’s school colors. Participating groups included Athletics, Campus Ministry, the Internship Fund, the Student Emergency Fund, HEOP, and more.
“Go Blue is the first virtual fundraising event ever held at the Mount,” she explained. “Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other friends of the college really came together to show their love and support for the Mount. I’m proud of what we were able to do with Go Blue, and I can’t wait to see how clubs, departments, and organizations on campus will use these funds to become more active students and more engaged members of our community.”
As promised by Michael Horodyski, chair of the Mount’s Board of Trustees, the trustees matched $8,300 in funds: $4,150 for the initiative that raised the most money (Athletics), and $4,150 for the initiative that had the most unique donors (The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE).
Dr. Jason N. Adsit, president of Mount Saint Mary College, went blue in a big way: he donned a mohawk haircut and dyed it blue, live on Instagram.
“Every single dollar that you spend for Go Blue goes directly to students,” said Adsit. “It helps them out, it helps them get through this [pandemic] – and we’re going to get through this together.”