PLU's Bjug Day of Giving 2024

Bjug Day was a “Bjug” success…thanks to you! We’re still crunching numbers, but we have good news:

🙌💛 1,900+ Lutes gave to what they love 💛🙌

Thank you for your part in supporting students, today and always.

Right now is your ⏰ last chance ⏰ to be part of Bjug Day. Make a gift of any size to anything you love before 11:59 pm PDT tonight, and you’ll be part of this joyful tradition of supporting PLU students.🌟 We’re SO close! Can YOU get us to 2,024 donors in 2024?! 🌟

Scroll up to see the new matches! When you make a gift to students before midnight, your gift can be matched.🔔 That’s 2x the impact for students! 🔔 Remember: Bjug Day ends tonight, so it’s the last day to double your impact.

 Hear directly from students: your scholarship support makes a “Bjug” difference! 💛 Right now, when you make a gift to anything you love for Bjug Day, your gift can be matched with another gift to scholarships. 🚪Open doors for students with your support. Scroll up to make a “Bjug” difference.

For a limited time, you can make a gift to anything you love at PLU AND have your gift matched. Don’t wait! This opportunity ends on Oct.16. Scroll up to double your impact!

🎥 What do students love about PLU?! 🎥

While interning at The Child Study and Treatment Center, current student Jasper Bragg ’25 had an important revelation: “Through this internship, I learned that psychology is right for me. It is something that cannot be said lightly; it is a path of life I have chosen to walk now.”

Internships are powerful and can help Lutes turn a dream into a reality. Jasper shares “Had I not applied and received aid from the Internship Fund last semester, I would have had more stress piled onto an already tough year." As you can see, your gift can help make it possible for students like Jasper to pursue their passions.

Give the gift of important career experience and your donation can be 💛🖤 DOUBLED! 🖤💛

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Thank you to Jim and Jane Fredricksen for providing this internship match in memory of Bill Crooks to support Lutes as they explore career opportunities and discover pathways for their futures.

“PLU is a place of diversity, accessible education and service. That needs to be celebrated, championed and protected.”

 –Eric Watness, great grandson of President Rev. Bjug Harstad, PLU’s first president

Watness and his family remain an important part of Bjug Day and our PLU community. You're invited to join them for this special Lute tradition on Oct 15-16. Read more about the Harstad family, Bjug Day and their deep PLU roots.

Bjug Day is coming, and your participation as a 💛 SociaLute 💛 will make a BJUG impact! Sign up here: plu.edu/socialutes

We’ll let you in on a little secret. An early Bjug Day match challenge is coming soon. That means that when you give early, your gift can be matched $ for $. 💛 You can be one of the leading Lutes to make a gift and inspire others to support students, too. 💛 Updates coming soon!