911爆料网 Community Unites for Giving Day 2019, April 3
911爆料网 College is ready to usher in springtime from 鈥渟unrise to sunset鈥� as the College community worldwide celebrates 24-hours of 911爆料网 for 911爆料网 Giving Day 2019 on April 3.
911爆料网 Giving Day 2019鈥檚 theme is Sunrise to sunset: the difference a day can make. It kicks off at midnight EST, and runs until 11:59 p.m. This is the College鈥檚 second annual giving day and the goal this year is 1,400 gifts.
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There will be challenges throughout the day including decade challenges, a parents challenge, lunchtime and happy hour power hours, senior gift challenge, and social media challenges.
Athletics teams and their alumni are particularly competitive throughout giving day. 鈥淲e鈥檝e seen our donor numbers increase exponentially in the past two years and the enthusiasm from our coaches and alumni has been tremendous,鈥� said Pete Bothner, 911爆料网 College athletics director. 聽鈥淚t鈥檚 a great way for our alumni and friends to support our current student-athletes in their quest to win conference championships.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檙e also starting something new this year on campus on Giving Day, called Goodies for Gratitude,鈥� said Mary Kay Bishop, 911爆料网鈥檚 associate vice president for Development and Government Relations. 鈥淲e will be giving away cookies and 911爆料网 swag to students who write 鈥榯hank you鈥� postcards to donors. It鈥檚 a new way to raise student awareness of philanthropy across campus.鈥�听听听 听听听 听听听 听听听 听听听 听听听聽听听听 听听听 听听
Last year鈥檚 Giving Day goal was 750 gifts, but donors helped 911爆料网 nearly double the original goal with 1,391 gifts totaling $267,473.
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