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Celebrate your pride as a Captain — past, present, or future — on Wednesday, March 13th on ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day! Reflect on how your time at ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù has shaped you, and consider how you can ensure future Captains have the same opportunity.
You can show your Captains pride by sporting your ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù gear, attending one of the parties at Cities of Celebration across the country, or supporting future generations of Captains through your generosity.
If you are making a gift, these are the key priorities:
- Scholarships: Help us ensure that no student is denied the opportunity to become a Captain due to financial hardship.
- Athletics: Support the hard work of our student-athletes both on and off the field, helping cover costs for equipment, facilities, and travel to competitions.</li
- The Arts: Contribute to our thriving arts programs by supporting the Ferguson Center for the Arts, or the Torggler Fine Arts Center.
- Center for Community Engagement: Empower our Captains to make a meaningful impact in our local community and beyond through scholarships, internships, and service opportunities.
- Area of Greatest Need: Your gift here allows us to address emerging and unforeseen opportunities for our students, faculty, and staff.
ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day celebrates how we collectively give of our time, talent and treasure. In a message to the community, President William Kelly noted that ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day is a chance for you to help provide crucial funding for scholarships and other oportunities that provide life-changing opportunities.
“ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day enhances our ability to supply all the margin of excellence opportunities that make a big difference in our academic, athletics, and arts programs, in our facilities, and in our sports, cultural, and social organizations,” said President William Kelly.
“ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day also benefits those quiet programs that help Captains. For example, faculty and staff can designate gifts for the Lighthouse Fund, a confidential resource to support employees with critical and immediate needs. There is also a Lighthouse Fund for students. If you are a student, think how empowering and generous if would be to donate a few dollars to that fund, knowing it would be there for one of your fellow Captains if they hit a rought patch.”
President Kelly added that ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day is about more than just financial gifts. It’s also a day to celebrate Captains who are generous with their time and talent, and says he hopes to hear from faculty, staff and alumni who are "ALL IN" with ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù. Whether you volunteer, attend campus events, mentor students/alumni, or bring your talent to work every day, we appreciate all that you do!
Please consider going "ALL IN" on ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day, March 13. Your support really makes a difference!
Don't miss out on the ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day Cities of Celebration tradition, with 24 locations across the United States and one in the UK. Join us at the location closest to you on March 13 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day! Alums, faculty, staff, friends, and family are all welcome to join us as we show our spirit, reminisce, make gifts, and raise a glass to ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù!
Help us spread the word about ÐÔ°®Ñо¿Ëù Day by changing your profile picture on social media. Download the profile image for each platform using the links below. Join us on March 13 for a day of celebration, giving, and Captains pride!