Donations sought for Project Graduation

By Kayla Sizemore, Project Graduation Coördinator

Project Graduation is a nation­wide pro­gram designed to pre­vent need­less tragedy that occurs annu­al­ly in our com­mu­ni­ties. Traditionally, the hours fol­low­ing grad­u­a­tion find our young peo­ple vul­ner­a­ble to drug and alco­hol abuse as they cel­e­brate their tran­si­tion into adult life. Unfortunately, the past has proven that many young peo­ple will die or become dis­abled as a result of the evening’s celebrations.

With help from the par­ents of the grad­u­at­ing class of 2026 and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers such as you, we will work togeth­er to pro­vide a safe, sub­stance-free evening fol­low­ing grad­u­a­tion. The cel­e­bra­tion begins at 11:00 p.m. and con­tin­ues until morn­ing. Throughout the evening, our young peo­ple are pro­vid­ed with food, games, and activ­i­ties sole­ly through the com­mu­ni­ty’s gen­eros­i­ty. To encour­age par­tic­i­pa­tion and make the evening mem­o­rable, we spon­sor con­tests and prizes for all senior stu­dents attending.

The class of 2026, along with myself and stu­dent par­ents, are writ­ing to ask for a dona­tion from your orga­ni­za­tion to be used as one of the prizes dur­ing the evening. Some sug­ges­tions for dona­tions are a spe­cial­ized gift set for a girl or boy with your prod­ucts, a gift cer­tifi­cate, and/or a cash dona­tion. Businesses or indi­vid­u­als who make a cash dona­tion will be rec­og­nized as a Cardinal Sponsor (up to $99), a Bronze Sponsor ($100 to $499), a Silver Sponsor ($500 to $999), or a Gold Sponsor ($1,000 and up). Please make your checks payable to GRC Project Graduation and mail your dona­tion by no lat­er than April 30, 2026.

Link to dona­tion form

GRC Project Graduation
c/o Kayla Sizemore
2745 Boonesboro Road
Winchester, KY 40391

We real­ize that you are asked to donate to many orga­ni­za­tions and that you may hes­i­tate to add one more to your list. We ask that you con­sid­er our request as an oppor­tu­ni­ty to per­haps save a young life and to sup­port the cel­e­bra­tion of this joy­ous occa­sion. Please feel free to con­tact me with any ques­tions or concerns.

Thank you for your sup­port in this very worth­while endeavor.