Phone-a-thon efforts help meet Mabee challenge N o "mabees" about it. Harding has met the challenge set forth by the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation to raise $2.5 million by December 1988. Last spring, Harding sent a proposal to the Mabee Foundation. The University said that it would try to raise $2.5 million by Dec. 31 as acceptance to the Mabee Challenge, which would then allow Harding to receive $1.25 million in matchin~ funds from the organization. The foundation has already poured funds into the Harding's Mabee Business Building Fund. The foundation approved Harding's proposal in June. Harding met the challenge. The amount was raised by gifts and three-year pledges. The challenge began with a Phone-A-Thon in September. Pledges and gifts received brought in a total of $677,190. "One of the main reasons the Phone-A-Thon was so effective," said Brett Kirkman , the Director of Annual Funds, "was due to the extra time the faculty gave to raise the funds." The 2.5 million raised by Harding and the $1.25 matched by the Mabee Foundation will be used to accomplish three projects for the school: the renovation of Pattie Cobb Hall and the expansion and renovation of the Beaumont Memorial Library and the American Heritage Center. -Lex Owens TELETHON. Don Yates calls· friends and alumni of the university to ask for donations. The money given by these people helped build a new dorm and library. -Photo by Sharon Bowles. Katrina Wynette Shaw - The Colony, TX William P. Shelbourne - Richmond , TX Archie Neal Shelton - Vicksburg, MS Thomas John Shephard - Gaines, MI David W. Shidiskis - Minden, LA Jay P. Shipman - Shreveport, LA Tracy Elaine Shipman - Odessa, MO Lura Paulette Shirley - Alma, AR Ellen Marie Showen - Stanberry, MO Rebecca D. Shupe - Cherry Valley, CA Lloyd Arthur Silva - Selmer, TN Kelley Alan Skidmore - Mentor, OH Timothy P. Slater - Royal Oak, MI Susan Rachel Sloan - Cadiz, KY Amy Jo Smith - Griffin, GA Deborah Gail Smith - Northglenn, CO Eric Smith - Searcy, AR Heather Mary Smith - St. Petersburg, FL Kathryn Melissa Smith - Burlington, MA Kirk Matthew Smith - Horn Lake, MS Michelle D. Smith - Wylie, TX Freshmen 291
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