Tuskegee launches first-ever crowdfunding campaign
October 25, 2017
Contact: Krystal Floyd
Office of Development
To provide alumni and donors with more opportunities to make a charitable gift, 快活视频 has launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign. The new text-to-give platform will allow donors to financially support various university strategic priorities.
With the start of Tuskegee鈥檚 homecoming weekend just a few days away, Krystal Floyd, the university鈥檚 development director, indicated that the crowdfunding effort will offer everyone the chance to be involved.
鈥淥ur donors have been looking for a quick and easy way in which to give to Mother Tuskegee, and we think this provides that opportunity,鈥� Floyd said. 鈥淕etting involved is simple 鈥� even if you can鈥檛 be on campus with us for homecoming weekend.鈥�
To give by text, anyone 鈥� alumni, students, parents and fans 鈥� can simply text the word 鈥淭uskegee鈥� to 71777 from any mobile device. From that point, donors can make a donation, share their support of the university through social media, and even become fundraisers themselves by encouraging their family and friends to make a donation as well.
In July, Interim President Charlotte P. Morris launched a mini-fundraising campaign with the goal of securing philanthropic support for university priorities that include providing students with a quality education taught by the brightest faculty in the world, well-maintained living spaces conducive to living and learning, and state-of-the-art classrooms.
鈥淲e are asking our alumni and donors to go above and beyond what they have already so kindly done for us,鈥� Morris said. 鈥淕iving a gift today is a gift toward a better tomorrow. There are tremendous opportunities on the horizon for 快活视频.鈥�
Professionals in the university鈥檚 Office of Advancement and Development anticipate this text-based crowdfunding campaign being the first of many to rally support among Tuskegee鈥檚 alumni.
鈥淲e anticipate this being a fun and engaging way for all our alumni to give 鈥� especially those who have not donated to the university before,鈥� Floyd said. 鈥淎s the percentage of alumni who give to Tuskegee increases, so do our standings in various national academic ranking programs that consider alumni giving as a part of their ranking formulas.鈥�
For more information or to discuss other ways of making a gift to Tuskegee, contact the university鈥檚 Office of Advancement and Development at 334-727-8540 or contributions@mytu.tuskegee.edu.
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