The Hocking College Foundation will host a formal afternoon tea to benefit the Hocking College Student Emergency Fund. The tea will be held at Rhapsody Restaurant in Nelsonville on Sunday, February 23, 2014. Cost is $25 per person.

The Hocking College Foundation is working to create a Student Emergency Fund to help students with needs through small aid amounts or with emergency loans.  Many Hocking College students work and have families to support while attending classes. An unexpected financial emergency - the loss of a job, a health crisis, rising rent or childcare cost - often forces a student to leave their dream of a college degree behind.

According to Libby Villavicencio, Executive Director of the Hocking College Foundation, the only emergency financial help currently available to students is through a loan against the student's next semester financial aid. "This doesn't work for students in their last term or students without financial aid; this new fund can help those students stay in college and cross the finish line," Villavicencio said.  

Reservations are available for 2 p.m., 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. tea times. Business attire is requested. Reservations are required by February 13, 2014. For further information or to reserve a tea time, contact Chef Katie McGushin at mcgushink@hocking.edu or 740.753.7608.