LEAD Discount Opportunities

Students who will be attending LEAD this summer can bring a friend to LEAD and save!

For every first-time attendee you refer who attends camp (with the exception of siblings or children), you will earn $25. There is no limit to how many friends you can refer. You can even save your friends $100 by sharing a code for the Youth Empowerment Scholarship (see the section below for more information).

For you to be credited the $25 per referral, enter the name(s) of any student you are referring in the form below. Any students you refer must also put your name on their registration form as the person who referred them. The total money earned will be given by check.

So get out there and go talk with some friends who haven’t heard about LEAD! You can request brochures and posters (for free!) to help spread the word, and don’t forget to read about the Youth Empowerment Scholarship below so that your friends can save $100!

If you have any questions, please contact the office at 517-321-6233 or email office@ssionline.org.

The Youth Empowerment Scholarship (YES) is a $100 scholarship available to any first-time LEAD student. Students must not have previously attended LEAD or LEAD Online. SSI Onsite alumni are eligible to receive this scholarship.

Here’s how it works:
—Register for camp here, and answer “No” to the “Have you attended LEAD before?” question.
–Then check the box next to “I would like to request the $100 Youth Empowerment Scholarship (YES) available for first-time LEAD students.”
–You will then receive an email with instructions on how to apply the code during registration. Once the code is typed into the “Scholarship Code” field, the $100 scholarship will be applied automatically.
Do not complete your registration until you have applied the code.

Anyone can become a recruiter and share this scholarship opportunity with others. Complete the form here or contact our office to receive a code to give to others.

Feel free to reach out to us with any questions.

• Send out a letter to 40 people asking each for a minimal contribution of $10.
• Approach your church and area community service clubs (VFW, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Political Clubs, Chamber of Commerce) and ask if they will sponsor you for $50.
• Approach area businesses and ask that they sponsor you.
• Ask local or state elected officials to sponsor a portion of your fee.
• Don’t forget about family, friends, and neighbors. The people close to you will be happy to contribute $10 to assist you in fulfilling your goal.
• Find a donor who will match contributions. Some will agree to a 2 to 1 match; others will commit to less, but it is a way to motivate people to contribute knowing they are not responsible for the entire amount.
• Have a garage sale.
• Have a bake sale at your church or school.
• Have a car wash.
• Do chores, such as mowing or raking lawns, or shoveling driveways and sidewalks for the elderly in your neighborhood.
• Ask 5-10 people to save their spare change for you for the entire month.

TIPS:

• Be sure to keep a detailed list of your contributors, their addresses, emails and phone numbers, and the amount they contribute.
• Mail thank you notes to your donors both when they contribute and again after your LEAD experience to tell them how much you enjoyed what they made possible.
• If your donors want to claim their donation on their taxes, they must make the check out to SSI, and we must receive the original check – please do not collect checks then cut one large one – instead, forward the original checks (made out to SSI) to SSI. This only works if the donors are not your parents or guardians.

Thanks to a group of incredibly generous donors, we’ve never had to turn a single student away from LEAD due to lack of funds. If the registration cost would be a burden to you or your family, please consider pursuing the discounts above and submitting a financial aid application at ssionline.org/lead/financial-aid. We want every student to be able to experience a life-changing week of LEAD for themselves!