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A student generously donates to the student legacy fund.

This script is used by students volunteering at the Legacy Endowment Telefund from Nov. 1 through Nov. 9.

The telefund is just one part of the Student Legacy Endowment that raises money for students who need extra financial help.

Although the Student Legacy Endowment has been around for years, some students do not know about it.

Julianne Sullivan, a junior from Gilmer, Texas, didn’t know what it was. She thought a fund raised by students to help other students would be a great idea.

“Students know how much other students need help,” Sullivan said. “Plus, it would be like helping themselves.”

Greg Wolfley, a senior from Rexburg, and chairman of the Student Legacy Endowment Committee, said it is really a great program.

The committee does not decide who gets the money. “We raise the money,” Wolfley said. “The Financial Aid Office handles who receives the aid.”

Applicants for the aid must be currently enrolled at BYU-Idaho and be in good academic standing, which means they must have at least a 2.0 GPA.

It is called a loan, because students are expected to repay the amount given and a little extra.

In January 2006, 11 students were able to receive help from the fund. A record amount of money was given to aid these students, $10,983. The next highest amount was in March 2006 when $9,972 was given to 13 students said Wolfley.

Wolfley emphasized how great it would be if every one student gave. “People say, ‘I can’t,’ but even a quarter- a dollar from everyone would help immensely,” Wolfley said.

Students helping students is the idea the committee wants to increase. “When we serve each other, we also grow closer to one another,” Sullivan said.

What students need to know, Wolfley said, is that it is easy to give. “You don’t even have to fill out a pledge,” Wolfley said. “Just slip the money anonymously into the box.”

The box, located at multiple locations around campus, is the main revenue for the committee.

A generous donor will match the revenue after $25,000 is raised by students. This donor will also match the donations two dollars for every one dollar students raise, after $25,000.