Student Life

Libraries Raising Funds to Support Student Care and Emergency Response Fund

Annette Vadnais
Annette Vadnais

The UMass Amherst Libraries have started a MinuteFund campaign to support the UMass Amherst Student Care and Emergency Response Fund (SCERF). 

Even though financial aid covers most tuition expenses, SCERF provides assistance to students struggling to cover the cost of other personal essentials, such as:

  • Food and housing
  • Medical and basic health needs
  • Childcare
  • International student expense (such as visas and travel to get home)
  • Caring for a disabled or sick parent
  • Technology needed for online learning

As an added bonus, if the Libraries reach their goal of $5,000 in donations by Monday, April 13 at noon, Annette Vadnais, student success and outreach librarian, will shave off her purple hair live on the Libraries’ Facebook page.

Donations can be made to minutefund.umass.edu/purplehairstudentcare