IVC students fundraise for a trip to D.C.

IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA) - Students at Imperial Valley College held a fundraiser this week to help first-generation and low income students travel to Washington, D.C.

The SSS Trio Club set up on campus, selling food and sodas to help pay for another trip, after several students recently met with law makers in Washington D.C. about funding student programs.

The program is funded by the Department of Education and focuses on helping students reach their education and career goals.

"We're trying to advocate for the government not to defund us and to keep up with funding because, in my experience I've been in Trio for about five coming on six years now," IVC student Emmanual Flores told KYMA. "It's helped me a lot with education, knowing what I want to do. It's just all about advocating, advocating, advocating."

Club members say support programs like this have helped them succeed in school and stay focused on their future.