{"id":130801,"date":"2022-10-03T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=130801"},"modified":"2022-09-30T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:10:44","slug":"wright-day-to-give-scheduled-for-oct-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/10\/03\/wright-day-to-give-scheduled-for-oct-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright Day to Give scheduled for Oct. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?attachment_id=130814\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-130814\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2022\/09\/Wright-Day-to-Give-Graphic-v03-other-04-508x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a>The Wright State University Foundation will host its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/event\/wright-day-to-give\">sixth annual Wright Day to Give<\/a> on Thursday, Oct. 6. The annual giving day was first launched in 2017 as part of Wright State University\u2019s 50th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception, more than 3,300 donors have contributed over $612,000 to student scholarships and programs on the Wright Day to Give.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to be amazed by the generosity of our donors on the Wright Day to Give,\u201d said Amy Jones, director of annual giving. \u201cParticipation has grown dramatically since our first Wright Day to Give in 2017. We are thankful to all of the Wright State alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents and friends who step up and give back on this special day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The theme of this year\u2019s Wright Day to Give is \u201cGive Back to the Pack.\u201d A variety of challenges and matching gifts will be offered to encourage participation, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>College Alumni Participation Challenge <\/strong>\u2014 Wright State is challenging all alumni to make a gift on the Wright Day to Give. When an alumnus makes a donation, the Wright State college they graduated from will be counted towards the College Alumni Challenge. The college with the most alumni participation \u2014 regardless of where the gifts are designated \u2014 will earn $3,500 from a generous alumni donor.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Donor Unlock from the Wright State University Foundation Board of Trustees <\/strong>\u2014 Once 1,000 gifts have been reached on the Wright Day to Give, a $35,000 gift from the Wright State University Foundation Board of Trustees will be unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional matches and challenges will be announced on the Wright Day to Give throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, more than 1,000 gifts totaling over $212,000 were contributed on the Wright Day to Give.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always hope to top the previous year,\u201d said Jones. \u201cWe encourage our Wright State family to give back to the pack and make Wright Day to Give 2022 one for the record books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make a gift on the Wright Day to Give, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/WrightStateUniversity\/give-back-to-the-pack\">givecampus.com\/schools\/WrightStateUniversity\/give-back-to-the-pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its inception, more than 3,300 donors have contributed over $612,000 to student scholarships and programs on the Wright Day to Give. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/10\/03\/wright-day-to-give-scheduled-for-oct-6\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[733,4309,711,2040,725,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-alumni-association","category-faculty-staff","category-giving","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130801"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130822,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130801\/revisions\/130822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}