{"id":21459,"date":"2025-02-03T08:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=21459"},"modified":"2025-02-03T08:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:56:08","slug":"wilkes-giving-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/wilkes-giving-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkes Giving Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, we unite as a campus community to celebrate <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/givingday\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wilkes Giving Day 2025!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This year\u2019s theme, \u201cGive Back to Our Future\u201d, inspired by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back to the Future <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">film series, highlights our collective impact in shaping what lies ahead for our students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This Giving Day is about more than fundraising\u2014it\u2019s about participation and engagement. This year, we have an incredible opportunity: <\/span><b>a generous donor has pledged the largest challenge gift in Giving Day history.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To unlock this support, we must surpass <\/span><b>850 donors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><b>every gift, no matter the amount, makes a difference!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How you can participate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Give:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/givingday\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.wilkes.edu\/givingday<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or stop by the Simms Center lobby or Henry Student Center concourse to donate in person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Spread the word:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Share Giving Day with your networks via email, social media and conversations. Your outreach can inspire others to join.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Celebrate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Faculty and staff donors will receive a Wilkes-themed giveaway and be entered into a special drawing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for your support in making this our most successful Giving Day yet!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have any questions or concerns regarding donating, please contact Paige Gallagher at 570-408-2510 or by emailing <\/span><a href=\"mailto:paige.gallagher@wilkes.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">paige.gallagher@wilkes.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we unite as a campus community to celebrate Wilkes Giving Day 2025! This year\u2019s theme, \u201cGive Back to Our Future\u201d, inspired by the Back to the Future film series, highlights our collective impact in shaping what lies ahead for our students. This Giving Day is about more than fundraising\u2014it\u2019s about participation and engagement. This&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/wilkes-giving-day-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wilkes Giving Day 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21476,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21459\/revisions\/21476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}