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Dear Friends and TJ Supporters,

The Vikings Fund would like to express its gratitude as the 25-26 school year was a banner year for the Vikings Fund!

Below are some of the ways the Tee Jay Vikings Fund supported TJ during the 25-26 school year:

For over eight years we have awarded two scholarships to help seniors further their education – this year we awarded three!  Thanks to the support of our generous donors, especially the Fan District Association and the TJ Class of 1960, we awarded $10,000 in scholarships to TJ’s Class of 2026. This year’s scholarship recipients will be attending Virginia Commonwealth University, Norfolk State University, and Reynolds Community College.

25-26 marked the third year of our Vikings Meal Program (VMP) which provides students needed meals when participating in extracurricular activities. The VMP provided 1,900 meals this academic year, up from 700 meals in 23-24 and 1,200 meals in 24-25. It goes without saying that the VMP has been a success

• We installed new stage curtains in the auditorium that look amazing!
• We are purchasing 125 new classroom desks that will provide teachers and students with a flexible, modern classroom conducive to 21^st-century learning! A special thank you to Reveille UMC for contributing to this campaign by making the Vikings Fund the beneficiary of their Mission Benefit Concert.
• We purchased new training room weight equipment for Tee Jay Sports Medicine.
• We continued our support of the Library Reading Program by providing Amazon Gift Cards for the monthly winners for most read fiction and non-fiction books and the yearly winners as well.
• We provided teachers and staff a back-to-school lunch in August.
• In May, we celebrated our teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week with box lunches and special giveaways from Bombolini and Mr. Submarine.
• We hosted Campus Clean Up Days in November and May.

We are so grateful to our loyal and new supporters. All of this and more was possible due to your generosity. THANK YOU!

We are currently raising funds to purchase the classroom desks through May 31. Thanks to you we have already raised over $14,000! We invite you all to continue supporting the Vikings Fund by sending a tax-deductible contribution to the Tee Jay Vikings Fund, PO Box 11451, Richmond, VA 23230 or donating online at TeeJayVikingsFund.org.

Your Tee Jay Vikings Fund