Cal Poly Humboldt hosts Giving Day
Cal Poly Humboldt Giving Day is a 24-hour campaign that brings together the campus community to raise funds for students and campus programs. It takes place on Wednesday.
The Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation and members of the Foundation Board and Boldly Rising Campaign Cabinet will match the first $150,000 raised, making contributions go twice as far. Individual donors will be matched up to $1,000.
Last year, during the university's inaugural Giving Day, the campus community raised $140,638 in one day. Altogether, 1,003 donors contributed to 112 different campus clubs, programs, departments and scholarships.
The Giving Day website has 60 featured projects from around campus whose groups will be fundraising on Giving Day, such as the Youth Educational Services (Y.E.S.), Oh SNAP! food pantry or Toyon Magazine, among other campus programs. Additionally, anyone can visit the fund directory — https:// giving.humboldt.edu/ourfunds — and make a gift to a specific campus department, academic and nonacademic program, scholarship or existing fund they'd like to support.
On Giving Day, everyone is encouraged to donate in any way possible. Any gift, no matter the amount, can significantly impact Cal Poly Humboldt students' lives and learning experiences at the university. For instance, Anja Wenrick, a parent of a Cal Poly Humboldt alum, recently donated $20 to the Oh SNAP! Food Programs fund. Her gift will help students access nutritious and culturally appropriate food and raise awareness of student food insecurity.
Alum James Adams gave $25 to the George & Beverly Allen Fisheries Assistantship Fund, which provides experiential learning opportunities to eligible undergraduate or graduate students majoring in fisheries biology. Adams says he knew Cal Poly Humboldt Fisheries Professor George Allen and his wife, Beverly, well and wanted to support their legacy and Cal Poly Humboldt fisheries students.
Giving Day is held on the first Wednesday of April to commemorate Cal Poly Humboldt's first-ever classes, held the first week of April 1914. For more information, contact the Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation at giving@humboldt. edu or 707-826-5200.