{"id":8770,"date":"2021-09-17T18:48:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T23:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2021-09-17T18:48:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T23:48:04","slug":"giving-day-sets-record-number-of-gifts-thanks-to-generous-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2021\/giving-day-sets-record-number-of-gifts-thanks-to-generous-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Day sets record number of gifts thanks to generous donors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The extraordinary generosity of SAU\u2019s alumni and friends led to this year\u2019s seventh-annual Giving Day becoming one for the books! Generous Mulerider supporters provided a total of $199,626 during the event held Thursday, Sept. 16. A record-setting 219 gifts contributed to the day\u2019s success, and donors included students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cOnce again, our alumni and friends have shown their love and support for SAU in an incredible way,\u201d said Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU. \u201cGiving Day directly impacts student lives and the continued health of our University. We could not be more grateful to everyone who generously gave on this day.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s effort featured over $20,000 in matching funds provided through the generosity of board members and donors.<\/p>\n

Giving Day was also part of the University Love and Loyalty Campaign, an effort that is in its final month, seeking to raise $22.275 million along with a goal of having 4,500 donors to the effort.\u00a0 For more information on the Love and Loyalty Campaign, please visit www.sauloveandloyalty.com<\/a>or contact the Division of Advancement at 870-235-4078.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The extraordinary generosity of SAU\u2019s alumni and friends led to this year\u2019s seventh-annual Giving Day becoming one for the books! Generous Mulerider supporters provided a total of $199,626 during the event held Thursday, Sept. 16. A record-setting 219 gifts contributed to the day\u2019s success, and donors included students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[97,276,16360,265,200,7753,288],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-alumni","7":"category-community-corner","8":"category-development","9":"category-events","10":"category-foundation","11":"category-homepage","12":"category-regional-news","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}