A generous holiday season has propelled Virginia Tech’s capital campaign toward its billion-dollar goal.
The Campaign for Virginia Tech, started in Oct. 2007, raised $27.3 million between Nov. 30 and Dec. 31, 2009. Michael Kiser, spokesman for the campaign, said the holiday number was not unusual.
“We usually have a very good December,” Kiser said.
He added that the holiday giving has been strong even with a down economy.
“We’ve been seeing lately signs of recovery in terms of giving,” Kiser said. “We’re not quite where we’d like to be, but we’ve had some pretty strong support.”
Kiser said the campaign is still on schedule to hit its goal of $1 billion raised by December 2010.
“We’re a little ahead of the curve on this,” Kiser said. “I think that says a lot about the strength of our support.”
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