Awareness Committee Board Report

Committee members Dorothy Davidson – Regent University Susan Davis – Bluefield College Dave Deibel – ECMC Kristy Hall – Mountain Empire Community College Linda Woodley – SCHEV (chair)

Super Saturday

Super Saturday 2010 is scheduled for February 13, 2010; 32 host sites have been secured, including the following: 1. Arlington – Washington Lee High School 2. Big Stone Gap – Mountain Empire Community College 3. Bridgewater – Bridgewater College 4. Charlottesville – Piedmont Virginia Community College 5. Chesterfield – Meadowbrook High School 6. Danville – Institute for Advanced Learning & Research 7. Emory – Emory & Henry College 8. Farmville – Prince Edward High School 9. Franklin – Paul D. Camp Community College – Franklin campus 10. Front Royal – Skyline High School 11. Grundy – Grundy High School 12. Hampton – Peninsula Higher Education Center 13. Henrico – Henrico High School 14. Hopewell – Hopewell High School 15. King George – King George High School 16. Lawrenceville – Saint Pauls College 17. Lynchburg – Central Virginia Community College 18. Manassas – Stonewall Jackson High School 19. Martinsville – Patrick Henry Community College 20. Melfa – Eastern Shore Community College 21. Middletown – Lord Fairfax Community College 22. Newport News – Warwick High School 23. Norfolk – Old Dominion University 24. Palmyra – Fluvanna County High School 25. Portsmouth – I.C. Norcom High School 26. Richmond – John Marshall High School 27. Roanoke – Virginia Western Community College 28. Spotsylvania/Fredericksburg – Massaponax High School 29. Suffolk – Paul D. Camp Community College – Suffolk campus 30. Virginia Beach – Bryant & Stratton College 31. Williamsburg – College of William & Mary 32. Wise – UVA College @ Wise Marketing for Super Saturday

Using funds awarded from the College Access Challenge Grant Program (CACGP), the following activities were conducted:

1. Placed an ad in the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s 2009 College & School Guide, published 10/18/09 and in 7 other Media General daily newspapers later in October 2. Purchased 15,000 addresses using zip codes within the vicinity of each Super Saturday site and mailed postcards to parents announcing Super Saturday 3. Purchased 31,000 dollar-sign stress relievers; mailed to high schools in the vicinity of each Super Saturday site. 4. Purchased 5,000 VASFAA financial aid packets, delivered directly to Super Saturday sites

Call 12 Financial Aid Hot Line

VASFAA’s Call-12 financial aid hot line day was scheduled for Monday, February 01, 2010, but has been postponed due to the snow. It will occur on Thursday, February 4 instead. VASFAA volunteers are:

 Jennifer Berg, Randolph Macon College  Celeste N. Felton, Southside Regional Medical Center  Rosa Thomas, Hampden Sydney College  Lynn Clements, Hampden Sydney College

Miscellaneous

1. Site coordinators have been asked to take pictures at Super Saturday to be included on the VASFAA website and/or VASFAA Facebook page 2. Three scholarships winners from Super Saturday 2009 submitted invoices for the $100 book scholarship 3. Letters announcing Super Saturday were sent to all Virginia public school system superintendents 4. SCHEV plans to issue a press release state-wide announcing Super Saturday with a link to the VASFAA website as well as SCHEV’s College Access website