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Day for Southern sets new mark
Annual fundraiser collects $1,417,799 for GSU
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Georgia Southern President Brooks Keel, center, left, wife Tammie Schalue, right, and A Day For Southern community chair Darron Burnette, far left, visit Statesboro Janitorial owner Carl Johnson during Tuesday's fundraising effort.
More than 125 volunteers canvassed the Statesboro community Tuesday to make an annual Georgia Southern University fundraiser the most successful the school has ever conducted.When every dollar had been counted, university officials announced the 39th “A Day for Southern” campaign, an annual tradition to collect donations from local businesses, raised $1,417,799, breaking a previous high-water mark set last year. The funds, collected in a single day by volunteers visiting Statesboro and Bulloch County establishments, are used to help offset costs not covered by state education funds. “This is without a doubt one of the most unique university fundraising campaigns in the country,” Keel said.
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