Bowling Green, KY (March 31, 2016) – Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College(SKYCTC) is proud to announce several students will donate their prize money from the Voice of Hope competition to Hope Harbor of Southern Kentucky. The SKYCTC Students place 2nd and winning $750 in the video competition funded through a grant provided by the National Football League and sponsored by the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office and the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs.
According to Riley Watson, a Student Ambassador and participant in the competition, “The video was produced as a project for Mrs. (Bertena) Varney’s Mass Media class at SKYCTC. All the students who participated worked really hard and we were very thankful to be able to work on this video. The prize money we received will be donated to Hope Harbor so that we may help better and benefit the lives of those that need it.”
Watson and the other students plan to present the check to Hope Harbor on April 12, 2016 at 12:30 on the SKYCTC Main Campus where Hope Harbor will be speaking about sexual assault.
SKYCTC has the mission to improve the employability and quality of life of south central Kentucky citizens as the primary provider of: certificate, diploma, associate degree, and collegiate transfer programs; college and workforce readiness programs; workforce education and training; and adult and family literacy.