The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association, Inc. is proud to announce the start of the "Back to School - Live and in Person" program. This dollar-for-dollar, 100% matching donation program runs through August 2021 and aims to provide financial support to sports and clubs through the Alumni's grant program. The Alumni Association believes stability and a sense of normalcy is critical during this type of uncertainty with COVID.

The matching donation program runs through August 31st and will match up to $1,000 in donations. Donors will automatically qualify for membership in the Alumni Association based on the level of their donation and can also be recognized on the website. There are a number of ways for alumni and supports to give; these include:

• Crooms AoIT Alumni PayPal.Me profile
• Paypal Giving Fund (0% transaction fees)
• Through our Crooms Alumni website using your Crooms Alumni user account at https://www.croomsalumni.com/donate

All donations are 501(c)3 eligible for tax purposes.

Help us make this year's return to in-person schooling special for our fellow Croomies by supporting the "Back to School - Live and in Person" program today.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association spent June and July 2021 carrying out some long overdue maintenance on the backend of www.croomsalumni.com. These upgrades went live on July 20, 2021. While users are unlikely to notice much of a difference, these upgrades were critical to bringing the website onto a supported version of Drupal - our open-source content management system. As part of this process, we cleared out several unnecessary modules, re-activated several website features that had been de-activated (including user profiles, Founders Society profiles, and the calendar), and carried out various other back-end enhancements.

If you notice any challenges, please do use the "Contact Us" form to let us know so we can investigate. In the future, we will be looking to:

• Add additional features for the user profiles to support a stronger alumni directory
• Add a user map so alumni can visually see where other alumni are located
• Refresh the website look and feel by rolling out a responsive theme

If you're interested in supporting, please e-mail us at scholarship@croomsalumni.com

Dear Crooms AoIT Alumni Association members and supporters,

We are pleased to present our FY21 consolidated income and balance sheet to provide full transparency into how your financial support is used. The Association's fiscal year runs from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The Association uses cash accounting but a line has been entered to recognize scholarship commitments made in FY21 that were not paid out during the fiscal year. A summary of our activities can be found below:

• The Association started the year with a fund balance of $4,622.00.
• Revenues of $2,582.21 were collected through memberships, donations, and other means - representing a 0.7% increase from FY20.
• Expenses of $3,699.87 $1,599.42 were recognized - representing an increase of 131% largely due to earmarked donations for the a) Alumni Banner Program and b) in-kind donations for the Alumni Basketball Challenge event. $2,250.00 of these expenses for were scholarships and while $1,115 were grant-equivalents for the Crooms AoIT Athletics Program. Overhead (from PayPal transaction fees) accounted for approximately 1.1% of all expenses for the year.
• An additional $1,350.00 remains to be disbursed for scholarships awarded during FY21.
• Fund balance ended at $2,154.34, representing an 9.2% decline from the end of the previous year (after accounting for scholarship commitments).

If you would like more details, we invite you review the attached spreadsheet which includes transaction level detail for the year. Donor information has been removed to protect the privacy of our donors. Do not hesitate to contact us if you should have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association is proud to announce the winners of the Crooms AoIT Alumni Community Scholarship for the Class of 2021.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association Community Scholarship valued at $1,000 is being awarded to Jaleel R. Following in last year's tradition, the evaluation committee has also decided to award a $350 runner-up scholarship to Thomas K. These decisions follow receipt of the largest number of scholarship applications - 38 in total - in the Community Scholarship’s 15 year history. Each applicant demonstrated how volunteerism and community service is important to them and how Crooms AoIT has positioned the graduating seniors to support their communities - even through the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, we are proud to also be able to share a video highlighting both scholarship recipients as part of this year's virtual Crooms AoIT Awards Night.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association would like to thank this year’s applicants for their hard work and efforts, and we wish all of you – and, all of the graduates from the Class of 2020 - the best of luck in your future endeavors!