SSU Alumni kick off fund-raiser campaign

SSU Alumni kick off fund-raiser campaign

Posted: Sep 03, 2010 4:51 PM EDT Updated: Sep 03, 2010 5:47 PM EDT

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - The Savannah State Alumni Association is stepping in to help bring more money to the university.

On Friday, a group of Alumni announced their kick off to the inagural Million Dollar Fundraising Campaign. For the next 6 months, the association will get out into the community to try and raise as much money to help the programs at SSU.

They said this is a tough economic time and they will try to do anything to help the students.

"We have great needs here at the university for funding at this time. As most everyone is aware the state has been cutting back on these universities and student enrollment is up so the result of that: there is a great pressure for the university to increase its external funding," SSU Alumni President Roy Jackson.

The fundraiser will take place from now until Dec. 31.