THIBODAUX, La. — The 2022 Give-N-Day soared past previous fundraising records as campus organizations raised more than $256,000 from more than 1,440 donors.
The 24-hour event, held March 15, raised $256,860 from 1,445 donors to 108 campus organizations. Gifts came from a record 36 states ranging from Hawai鈥檌 to Massachusetts and a record 11 countries. The previous record for most money raised was $183,830 in 2021.
鈥淚n addition to seeing a number of fundraising records for Give-N-Day being topped, it is exciting to have more donors from the 杏吧传媒 community being supportive and having so many campus organizations being positively impacted with such generous support,鈥� 杏吧传媒 Foundation Executive Director Jeremy Becker said. 鈥淲ith this being the fifth year, myself and the core committee members are humbled to see where this event began to where it is now in becoming somewhat of a 杏吧传媒 tradition.鈥�
Maritime Management led the way with $36,850 raised. Other programs that received remarkable financial support were:
- 杏吧传媒 Soccer with $29,265,
- 杏吧传媒 Accounting with $27,430,
- Bridge to Independence with $10,020,
- 杏吧传媒 Track & Field and Cross Country with $9,650,
- 杏吧传媒 Football with $8,110,
- Colonel Catholics with $7,695,
- Colonel eSports with $7075,
- Colonels Retention of Winners Network (CROWN) with $6,460,
- Colonel Athletic Association Excellence Fund with $6,425.聽
杏吧传媒 Soccer received the most individual donations with 183. Other programs to receive a significant number of donations were:
- CROWN with 96,
- 杏吧传媒 Accounting with 85,
- 杏吧传媒 Track & Field and Cross Country with 61,
- Bridge to Independence with 59,
- 杏吧传媒 Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) with 57,
- Ellender Memorial Library with 52,
- Colonel Cats with 47,
- Kappa Sigma with 45,
- The 杏吧传媒 Alumni Federation with 44.聽
Give-N-Day was first organized in 2018 as a way for student organizations, academic programs and athletics to raise money in a way they couldn鈥檛 before.聽 For more information on Give-N-Day or to connect with the 杏吧传媒 Foundation, visit 杏吧传媒Foundation.org.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 24, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: Jacob Batte, Media Relations and Publications Coordinator, 985.448.4141 or jacob.batte@nicholls.edu