20-02-2025
Grace Christian University students face ‘Big Freeze' for tuition
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Students at a small Christian college in metro Grand Rapids took a dip in the cold Wednesday as the culmination of a fundraising effort to pay their tuition.
Now in its third year, was held Wednesday afternoon at Grace Christian University in Wyoming. The 21 students who participated had to spend three seconds in an inflatable pool of cold water.
'However much money you've raised over the course of the event, you get to keep that and it goes straight towards your tuition,' Triston Murray, a senior and this year's top fundraiser, explained. 'It goes towards any of the tuition that you have to pay, s
o any of your student debt, any loans that you have to take out for classes or on-campus housing or stuff like that.'
The first 10 student fundraisers who reached $250 had those dollars matched by the university. The top 10 fundraisers got more scholarships from the university, ranging from $100 to $5,500.
The Big Freeze funds totaled $21,475 this year: $13,475 raised by the students and $8,000 in fundraising matches from Grace Christian.
Murray raised $3,910; Tommy Perrotta came in second with $3,400; and Stacy Delgado raised $2,248.
Tuition at Grace Christian costs $19,500 for the fall semester. donations may still be made online.
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