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Any contribution of $5 receives: Your name placed on a leaf-shaped donation card that will be stapled to a bulletin board in the Psychology department at Eastern University. 201 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: Your name written on a stake that will be placed around the maple tree planted in honor of my dad outside of his office. 32 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $200 receives: Personalized video thank you messages sent from me, my family, and Eastern University students and faculty. 7 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $500 receives: A framed note from my family and Eastern University students and faculty.
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: Your name added to a plaque that will be hung in Eastern University's Psychology department.
Started by Geoff Weathersby January 15th, 2012
Film credits: John Gallon & Nathan Riehl
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On October 23, 2011, my dad, Robert Terrence Weathersby, passed away from a 5-year battle with cancer just a week shy of his 59th birthday. He was a professor of psychology at Eastern University, a small, Christian liberal arts school in St Davids, Pennsylvania. Throughout my dad’s illness, students, faculty, and staff at Eastern were overwhelmingly supportive of him. Many times when my Dad needed extra help they were eager to lend a hand even with the smallest of tasks. When my dad’s voice was diminished to a whisper, the university purchased a microphone and speaker system so that he could keep doing what he loved: teaching. After his passing, my family and I wanted to do something to give back to the university that gave so much to him. When a friend suggested a memorial scholarship fund, we knew we had found our answer. We met with the university's development office and informed them that we would like to start a fund to give a yearly gift of $1,000 to a B.S. track psychology major who demonstrates exceptional scholastic achievement and dedication to the field. The development office told us that to endow the fund, we would need to raise $20,000. With $20,000, the university could guarantee us a 5% interest rate that would fund the $1,000 scholarships indefinitely. In this way, the fund would forever live on as part of my dad’s legacy at Eastern University.
I began my final semester at the University of Richmond this week. My first class of the week is Innovation & Entrepreneurship taught by Dr. Jeffrey Pollack. Our first assignment is something Dr. Pollack calls, “$14, 14 days.” Individually, we have 14 days to raise as much money as we can starting with just $14. My mind immediately went to the memorial fund. Given the enormity of what I needed to raise, Dr. Pollack agreed to give me 2 months for the project instead of just two weeks. So, RocketHub community, I have $14 and I need $20,000. Please help me and my family raise the funds we need to endow this scholarship honoring my dad and his legacy at Eastern University. On behalf of my mom and my sister, I sincerely thank you for your support.
