{"id":29525,"date":"2026-02-02T09:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=29525"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:27:17","slug":"15-days-until-giving-day-lets-start-the-ripple-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/15-days-until-giving-day-lets-start-the-ripple-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf0a 15 Days Until Giving Day: Let\u2019s Start the Ripple Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re officially in the countdown to <b>Wilkes Giving Day 2026<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>February 17<\/strong>, the entire Wilkes community will come together to support the areas of campus that matter most. Whether it\u2019s student scholarships, athletic programs, or academic departments, your gift creates a <b>ripple effect<\/b> that supports the entire Colonel family.<\/p>\n<p><b>What you need to know:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><b>The Goal:<\/b> High participation of 850 donors to unlock generous challenge gifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><b>The Impact:<\/b> Your gift is a catalyst. When we reach our participation milestones, we unlock thousands in matching funds for scholarships and campus programs. No gift is too small to trigger a major contribution for our students.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><b>The Link:<\/b> <a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"http:\/\/evt.to\/ehdesdhsw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add Giving Day to your calendar here!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out our official site to see how your contribution can impact the Wilkes community: <a href=\"wilkes.edu\/givingday\">wilkes.edu\/givingday<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re officially in the countdown to Wilkes Giving Day 2026! On February 17, the entire Wilkes community will come together to support the areas of campus that matter most. Whether it\u2019s student scholarships, athletic programs, or academic departments, your gift creates a ripple effect that supports the entire Colonel family. What you need to know:&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/15-days-until-giving-day-lets-start-the-ripple-effect\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\ud83c\udf0a 15 Days Until Giving Day: Let\u2019s Start the Ripple Effect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525","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=29525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29563,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525\/revisions\/29563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}