escapade_con | Scholarship Fund Drive

The Escapade Scholarship Drive

It’s that time of year again, when we make the call for donations to the Escapade scholarship fund.

The Escapade scholarship program has subsidized a number of fans over the years, people who couldn’t have made it without a little extra help in the finances area. The program works because it’s like the rest of Escapade: you make it work. Over the years your contributions have brought new fans to Escapade. Your contributions have brought fans who maintain archives and lists and communities. And of course your contributions have brought fanfic writers to the con. This year, among other potential recipients, your contributions will bring a vidder.

We have established the Sandy Herrold Memorial Scholarship. This is our first dedicated scholarship, and it is named for a woman who contributed great passion, enthusiasm, and mentoring to all kinds of fans. Because Sandy was such a big creator and promoter of vidding, it seems right and proper that the recipient of her scholarship also be a vidder with passion and enthusiasm.

As always, 100% of your contributions will go directly to recipient expenses (things like airfare, hotel, and meals). As always, we will divide up scholarship funds based on nominees’ needs and how we can help as many people as possible.

As always, this program rests on your generosity. If you would like to contribute to the scholarship fund, you can donate by Paypal or by check (made out to Escapade, P.O. Box 1753, Goleta, CA 93116).

Any amount you can give, from $1 to $1,000, helps tremendously. It helps attendees who couldn’t otherwise make it; it helps programming, because scholarship recipients are required to volunteer and co-moderate panels; it helps your karma.

We have said elsewhere that the scholarship program represents two of many great ideals of slash fandom: community and support. Your donations represent another ideal of this community: generosity.

We thank you.

The Con Com

Mirrored from Escapade 2012.