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Pool challenge for USC graduates
The concrete structure is finished and the ceramic tiles are set to be installed. Now the University of the Sunshine Coast’s pool-in-progress is the focus of an exciting fundraising project called the USC Alumni Challenge.
Members of the USC Foundation Board, who come from the wider community, have offered to personally donate $80,000 to help achieve the new USC Aquatic Centre if alumni can raise $10,000.
Board chair and USC Chancellor John Dobson urged graduates of the University to pledge donations before 30 June, when their total will be matched against the challenge.
“The entire campus and region will benefit from these gifts for decades to come,” he said.
“The Olympic-size pool will contain state-of-the-art technology for research across a variety of disciplines.
“The pool will be a great lifestyle enhancer for students and the broader community and will help to inform the region’s health and sport knowledge.”
It is the first stage of the planned Aquatic Centre being built next to the University’s Health and Sport Centre. The pool is expected to open in early spring, with a giant campus pool party later in the year to honour donors.
The challenge forms part of the $300,000 in donations currently being sought. In addition to community and in-kind support, the pool has been funded by both the State Government and the University.
People are watching construction of the 10-lane, 50m heated pool via a USC webcam.
To make a donation email the USC Foundation, or call 5430 1104.
– Julie Gatehouse