Marketing scholarships a challenge for Tennessee Lottery

Comment #7

visiondude — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 02:59:50 GMT

TODD,i have to know now so i can prepare.if tennessee offers you $185,000 a year and a hummer, are you jumping ship and shutting down lottery post? thevisionwillcontinueeveniflotterypostceasestoexist

Comment #6

Todd — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:07:53 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by vincejr on November 04, 2003 You guys are missing the way these things work....the HOPE scholarship program will probably have a Hummer per lottery region (thus 5 for the state), but the program, nor the lottery will shell out a dime for them. They will find corporate sponsors for them (being aligned with a scholarship program is good PR) or local Hummer dealers will provide them free of charge. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if the contracting team finds some kind of... [ More ]

Comment #5

RJOh — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:59:44 GMT

What ever happened to the idea of students and their parents going to the local library and doing a little research to see what scholarships and grants are available for colleges and special schools. To succeed in college a student will have to do a lot of homework and research and there is no better time to start than when they are still in high school. If the state really wanted to help, they could make sure access to the material was available in all their libraries.RJOh

Comment #4

vincejr — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:16:29 GMT

You guys are missing the way these things work....the HOPE scholarship program will probably have a Hummer per lottery region (thus 5 for the state), but the program, nor the lottery will shell out a dime for them. They will find corporate sponsors for them (being aligned with a scholarship program is good PR) or local Hummer dealers will provide them free of charge. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if the contracting team finds some kind of scholarship marketing incentives in the contracts being... [ More ]

Comment #3

Todd — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:28:40 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by dvdiva on November 04, 2003 it just shows how wasteful this woman is with tax payer's dollars to h.s. kids. to show off a 120k vehicle to people at tax payer expense is sick. wonder what tax payers would have thought if she had bought a mercedes - might have been cheaper to boot I thought the same thing.

Comment #2

visiondude — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 09:59:51 GMT

she could do like they did

Comment #1

dvdiva — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 06:03:01 GMT

it just shows how wasteful this woman is with tax payer's dollars to h.s. kids. to show off a 120k vehicle to people at tax payer expense is sick. wonder what tax payers would have thought if she had bought a mercedes - might have been cheaper to boot

Marketing scholarships a challenge for Tennessee Lottery

Lottery Post — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:45:46 GMT

Myron Oglesby-Pitts imagines advertisements for the Tennessee HOPE Scholarship on TV screens, billboards, hot-air balloons and buses.She can see herself and staff members driving a HOPE Hummer, a Humvee that could navigate the hills and valleys of the state's 95 counties, giving high school students and guidance counselors an impressive symbol of a college education made more affordable by lottery revenues.All of those things, she said, might be necessary to get the word out about requirements... [ More ]