Deliver The Dream Campaign

With the recent completion of funding commitments toward the Early Childhood Center campaign, LCS now focuses on the wrap-up of the multi-year Deliver the Dream capital fundraising effort. Only $3 million now remains to be raised to complete the funding of $23 million of campus expansion and renovation.

The $19 million Deliver the Dream campaign, initiated in 2006, represents the most massive expansion in school history, and includes:

  • the construction of the new school maintenance facility
  • the placement of retention ponds and other major infrastructure
  • the substancial expansion of school parking
  • the creation of a new main entrance

and – of course – the construction of the 71,000 square foot Elementary/Middle School Building, the signature building on campus!

The funding for the Deliver the Dream campaign is being provided through private donations. The school has received gifts at all levels, and has even been blessed with six 7-figure gifts, the first in school history.

Through God’s gracious provision and by the generosity of the LCS family and the Lakeland community, the campus has also grown to include:

  • Viking Stadium – a $2.6 million campaign completed in 2008, and
  • Center for Early Childhood Education – a $1.25 million campaign completed in January, 2010

With these two major compaigns “in the books,” the school’s Advancement team and the campaign leadership now set their sights on obtaining the final $3.5 million of commitments for this effort which has produced such dramatic and positive change for the LCS campus.

Dr. Mike Sligh, LCS Headmaster, is quick to point out that the campaign has been about far more than just raising money for bricks and mortar. “It is about seizing the opportunity to shake the hearts and minds of many, many students who will go on to shape the future of our community,” said Dr. Sligh.  “We stand on the threshold of unparalleled opportunity to influence the leaders of tomorrow.”

So, who will be these final “investors in the next generation?” Anyone and everyone! Friends who stepped up to kickoff the campaign will be asked to help finish what they began.  And, of course, those who haven’t given will be asked to now partner with LCS in this critical completion phase.

For more information on how you or a member of your family can make your mark on young lives, please contact:

Steve Wilson, CSP
Director of Advancement
Lakeland Christian School
1111 Forest Park Street
Lakeland, FL  33803
863-688-2771
swilson@lcsonline.org