I HEART FISHER GIVING DAY

I Heart Fisher Giving Day is a time to celebrate Fisher and support our outstanding students, dedicated faculty, and remarkable programs.

Today, the Fisher family - alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends – come together to make a collective difference toward a brighter future for our next generation of Cardinals. Help us reach our goal today of 1,000+ donors!

Ways to participate today:

• Make a gift of any amount to an area of the University you love most.
  • Consider a gift of $75 to one of our eleven Fisher Funds for our 75th Anniversary, and if you're among the first 250, you will also receive a special anniversary tumbler!
• Take advantage of the many matches and challenges offered today to multiply your impact.
• Help your class, teams, or program rise to the top of the leaderboard! 
• Help spread the word on social media by tagging #IHeartFisherGivingDay.

Take advantage of one of our special challenges and matches today to multiply your impact! 

Matches

🔒 75th Anniversary 1:1 Match

In celebration of our milestone anniversary, generous Fisher alumni, Dan ’79 and Shelley Boyce, Mike ’82 and Chris Haefner, and Mike ’80 and Karen Moran, have come together to each offer $25,000 in a special 1:1 match for all eleven Fisher Funds, up to a total of $75,000 today!

🔒 Kickoff 2:1 Match

The John and Elizabeth ’11 Leonard Family Foundation has generously agreed to match all gifts 2:1, up to $25,000, during kickoff week through the first 12 hours of I Heart Fisher Giving Day. Elizabeth, who was a non-traditional student, and her husband John, are committed to improving the lives of others by promoting education.

🔒 Young Alumni 1:1 Match

Calling all young alumni! Retired accounting and finance professor, Tom Tyson, wants to inspire the Fisher family to give to an area of Fisher you feel most passionate, and he will match your gift 1:1, up to $1,000! For every dollar you donate, Professor Tyson will donate a dollar to Lavery Library to enhance the student experience.

Challenges

🔒 Area of Greatest Need Challenge

Help unlock a $5,000 gift from the Jon ’84 and Heather ’85 Williams family by making a gift to the Area of Greatest Need Fund. 250 gifts to this area will unlock the challenge.

🔒 Faculty and Staff Challenge

Help unlock $2,500! When 125 faculty or staff members make a gift of any size today, retiree Bob Heerkens and his wife, Tarri, will give an additional $2,500 to support the Fisher Fund.

🔒 Lavery Library Challenge

Help unlock $15,000 by supporting Lavery Library ! When 50 people make a gift today, Marty Keating ’75 and Jake Latchman will give an additional $15,000 in support of Fisher Giving Day.

🔒 Lunch Special Challenge

Do good on your lunch hour! Help us reach 100 donors between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (EST) and David ’95 and Kim Boni will make a generous gift of $2,500 in funding to the area they love most, the Student Life Annual Fund.

🔒 Regional Participation Challenge

The Alumni Board of Directors have come together to encourage gifts from around the country on I Heart Fisher Giving Day! When we light up 50 states today, it will unlock $2,500 in additional funding for the areas that our board loves most. 

Your participation is key to helping us reach today's goal of 1,000+ donors and unlocking challenge and match gifts along the way!

Made your gift? Thank you! Now please consider sharing. Ask classmates, peers, and friends to join in supporting Fisher, our amazing students and faculty and staff.

Want to take it a step further and track each click, donor, and donation you receive from spreading the word? Sign up below to become an advocate and see in real time the further impact you're making, along with some friendly competition.