{"id":45216,"date":"2020-03-16T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=45216"},"modified":"2020-03-30T07:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:22:43","slug":"show-up-together-for-the-2020-lovemu-giving-day-on-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/show-up-together-for-the-2020-lovemu-giving-day-on-april-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Show up together for the 2020 LovEMU Giving Day on April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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 April 8, 2020 is the fourth annual LovEMU Giving Day<\/a> \u2013 24 hours in which alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and friends come together to support and celebrate the university we all love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eastern Mennonite University alumni often say they “loved their EMU experience!” Maybe it was a professor, a journey of self discovery, making friends for life, cross-cultural study or athletic team experience that they reflect on to this day. LovEMU Giving Day is a way to show that love, and helps the next generation of students have their very own EMU experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you still tell stories about that one time in nursing clinicals, or writing for the Weather Vane, or competing in cross-county races? With each gift, you can vote for your favorite academic program, athletic team, or student club, and the winner in each category will receive $1,000! In addition to supporting the mission of EMU as a whole, it\u2019s a great way to pay homage to the campus experiences that mean the most to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While LovEMU is a big push for the University Fund, our number one student-centric fundraising priority, you can choose to direct your tax deductible gift to anything you\u2019re passionate about \u2013 different programs within EMU, a Royals athletics team, or an endowment named for someone you admire, to name a few examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tEven going beyond direct support, our level of alumni and donor participation demonstrates the quality of community and relationships at EMU. It boosts our rankings in U.S. News & World Report,<\/em> helps us earn grants from corporations and foundations, and attracts high quality students and faculty. We need all of our alumni and friends, young and not-so-young, to pitch in no matter the size of gift \u2013 we just need you to show up together<\/em>!
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This year\u2019s challenges<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Altogether, generous donors have put up over $50,000 in \u201cprizes\u201d that we can unlock if we complete certain challenges together. Participation is the key \u2013 so be sure to pick which challenges you want to join in, and tell your friends!
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