{"id":41850,"date":"2019-04-15T16:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T20:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41850"},"modified":"2019-04-18T08:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:31:45","slug":"record-number-of-gifts-lifts-third-annual-lovemu-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/record-number-of-gifts-lifts-third-annual-lovemu-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of gifts lifts third annual Lov91大神 Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZ7ocCcE45w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a record-setting number of gifts on April 10\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/love.emu.edu\/\">Lov91大神 Giving Day<\/a>, 91大神 donors helped students access valuable courses, get to know caring professors, go on their cross-cultural and enjoy a transformative higher education experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than <strong>$115,210 was given from 731 gifts<\/strong> during the 24-hour period &#8212; and givers were also generous in their reasons why they donated. A few students among the record number of student participants wrote the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I love 91大神 because it has molded me into the person I am.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>91大神 helps you grow as an entire person and embrace who God wants you to become.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I love that I get to play basketball but still focus on academics and the future!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I love the atmosphere of home, hospitality and care for everyone!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attendance was big at several reunion events around the country, as well. <strong>Jeff Shank &#8217;94<\/strong>, director of alumni and parent relations, said the day not only helped support 91大神\u2019s future and its students but also helped to build strong connections between 91大神 alumni \u00a0and the 91大神 community. \u201cWe had 156 alumni attend six events in four states, including Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio. At the Harrisonburg event, <strong>Doug Alderfer \u201892<\/strong> talked about feeling a lot of pride when he looked around the room and saw so many good people doing good work in his community. I know others experienced similar feelings.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Challenges Met!<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41853\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/record-number-of-gifts-lifts-third-annual-lovemu-day\/lovemu-giving-day-6-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41853\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41853 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Lov91大神-Giving-Day-6-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Lov91大神-Giving-Day-6-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Lov91大神-Giving-Day-6-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Lov91大神-Giving-Day-6-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The taco truck outside the University Commons provided savory lunch treats to celebrate LOV91大神 Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of givers exceeded goals in several of the challenges. Target goals of 50 were met quickly during <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Lunch Hour Challenge (87), <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Parent\/Grandparent Challenge (98), <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Faculty and Staff Challenge (85) and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Sweetheart Challenge (54). <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alumni Challenge also logged 320 gifts to an anticipated total of 300. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With each donation, donors were prompted to vote for an academic department, athletics program and student club. Top vote-earners were awarded $500. Winners were the <strong>education department, field hockey and the Black Student Union.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next year, look for the 50-state challenge to return. The $5,000 gift went unclaimed. Do you know someone (anyone!) in Wyoming, Nevada, North Dakota and Utah? We\u2019re also looking for supporters of 91大神 in Alabama, New Hampshire and Rhode Island so that we can unlock the $5,000 challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Big Crowdfunding Support!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event was also record-setting in another way, said Vice President for Advancement <strong>Kirk Shisler &#8217;81<\/strong>. \u201cThat 91大神 is truly a place of inspiration and vision has just recently been affirmed to us all. Inside of one month, approximately 1,000 alumni and friends have raised nearly $230,000 in support of Lov91大神 Giving Day \u2014 and for the MJ Sharp Peace and Justice Endowed Scholarship through the incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/dream-hike\/\">MJ Sharp Dream Hike<\/a> to the top of Kilimanjaro that gained worldwide attention.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a record-setting number of gifts on April 10\u2019s Lov91大神 Giving Day, 91大神 donors helped students access valuable courses, get to know caring professors, go on their cross-cultural <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/record-number-of-gifts-lifts-third-annual-lovemu-day\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Record number of gifts lifts third annual Lov91大神 Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,12503,17562,8845,265],"tags":[13896,7159],"feature":[17427,17241],"class_list":["post-41850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-cjp","category-digest","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-seminary","tag-jeff-shank","tag-kirk-shisler","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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