黑料吃瓜

鈥淭hank you to everyone in our 黑料吃瓜 community who helped make the Day of Giving a huge success.鈥�

黑料吃瓜鈥檚 Day of Giving raised more than $304,000 in its fourth annual day of philanthropy, setting a record by exceeding last year鈥檚 donation total by almost 10%. 

The Sept. 25 online giving event, sponsored for a second consecutive year by PostalAnnex, generated gifts of varying amounts from more than 1,000 individuals benefitting students, faculty, research and important campus programs.

Surpassing a quarter-million-dollar goal, 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 Day of Giving 2019 was a success for dozens of university entities receiving donations. At the top of the list was the Wallace Shatsky Blackburn Courage Through Cancer Fund which received almost $92,000 to help 黑料吃瓜 students affected by cancer.

The largest donation of the day was made by Fred Pierce (鈥�84, 鈥�88) who contributed a base donation of $36,000 to the Courage Through Cancer Fund. Pierce鈥檚 gift will be used toward housing for students in crisis.

鈥淭hank you to everyone in our 黑料吃瓜 community who helped make the Day of Giving a huge success,鈥� said Assistant Vice President of 黑料吃瓜 Alumni Dan Montoya (鈥�04) in an expression of appreciation to donors. 鈥淵our generosity has created new opportunities for students, faculty and staff at 黑料吃瓜 where your support makes a significant impact.鈥�

First to give

Donations from hundreds of students, faculty and staff were counted along with gifts from alumni and parents of 黑料吃瓜 students.
More than 300 students formed a line extending from the 黑料吃瓜 Bookstore鈥檚 south entrance along Centennial Walkway to the north steps of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union.

For a gift of $15 to the Wallace Shatsky Blackburn Courage Through Cancer Fund, students had the opportunity to receive a Hydro Flask tumbler which the company had contributed for the event. First in line was Christina George, a criminology and geography double major who staked out a spot on the bookstore鈥檚 south entrance landing at 8:10 a.m. for the Hydro Flask giveaway that began at 10 a.m. 

鈥淚 got here early because I heard the line will wrap around the building,鈥� said George, a junior transfer student who hopes to become a geographic information systems crime and intelligence analyst. To pass time waiting to make her donation, she studied for a criminal justice class.
George explained that she supports a variety of cancer-related causes as a donor and volunteer because her father died from the disease. 鈥淚t is something dear to my heart,鈥� she said.

鈥淚 think giving should be a part of everybody鈥檚 balanced life,鈥� George said. 鈥淚 think it is just as important to give as it is to have goals or be driven in your career, so it鈥檚 good to take time out of your day just to do nothing but give.鈥�
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