Goucher Challenge
On Thursday April 21, 2022 we kick off our 5th Goucher Challenge! This special day we ask our entire community to come together and show you are #GoucherProud by participating in making a gift.
The challenge begins on April 21!
The Goucher Challenge—By The Decades!
This year the decades have been challenged by their classmates! Can each decade reach 100 donors by the end of the day? When a decade reaches their goal, a lead gift will be unlocked for the college! A generous thank you to the decade lead donors:
Decades Challenge
The 5th Goucher Challenge is all about the decades! We are asking our entire community to support the decade they are affiliated with to help them reach their goal! When a decade reaches its donor goal, $5,000 will be released to the college. See the donor goals per decade below:
- 1950’s and 40’s: reach 50 donors and $5,000 will be released
- 60’s: reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released. AND if this decade reaches $40,000 an additional $4,000 will be donated to the college from alumna Jerriann Wilson ’62
- 70’s: reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released
- 80’s: reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released
- 90’s: reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released
- 00’s: reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released
- 10’s: reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released
- 20’s (and current students): reach 100 donors and $5,000 will be released
(Parents, families, faculty, staff and friends: we ask you to pick the decade you identify with the most! See the suggested for each affiliation below)
Parent/Family and Friend challenge
In addition to supporting the decade you identify with the most, if 100 parents and families make a gift today an additional $5,000 will be unlocked for the college!
Faculty & Staff challenge
In addition to supporting the decade you identify with the most, if 100 faculty & staff make a gift today, an additional $5,000 will be unlocked for the college!
Young Alumnae/i Challenge
This one’s for the graduates of 2000-2021! For the decades of 00’s, 10’s and grads from 2020 and 2021, alumna Melinda Burdette ’72 will donate $100 per donor for the first 200 donors in these decades for a gift of $20,000 to the college.
Recurring Gift Challenge
Another challenge from alumna Melinda Burdette ’72 will donate $100 per alumnae/i who signs up for a recurring gift (no matter your decade!) for the first 50 recurring gift donors up to a gift of $5,000.
Make Your Own Challenge
Want to challenge your fellow alumnae/i, classmates, teammates, colleagues or friends!? Click here to learn how!
SUGGESTED DECADE BY YOUR AFFILIATION
We hope you will participate in this special day in some way. If you choose to give, here are our suggested decades based on your affiliation:
- Alumnae/i can give to your decade
- Parents can give to your student’s decade
- Faculty and staff can contribute to the 2020 decade in support of our current students OR pick the decade you began working for the college
- Students can contribute to the 2020 decade in honor of their graduation to-come
- Friends of the college can pick the decade they want to support
If you identify with more than one affiliation above, you can decide where your participation will have the best impact.
Be an ambassador—get goucher gear!
Making a gift is just one of the ways to participate in the challenge. We need your help spreading the word. Click the link below to learn more and sign up!