Monmouth College Scots Day of Giving Raises More Than $269,000 from More Than 940 Donors rcreader.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rcreader.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Seven members of the Monmouth College Scots Day of Giving Committee celebrate a successful conclusion of the seventh-annual event, which was held for eighteen hours, 53 minutes on April 13. The day raised more than $300,000 from all 50 U.S.
MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 11, 2023) The person named Monmouth College's director of alumni engagement is himself a successful Monmouth alum with a "deep passion" for his alma mater."There's just something special about this place," said Zak Edmonds ('08), who graduated with a degree in Communication. "It's hard to describe to people, but at the same time, everybody who's
The fifth annual Scots Day of Giving was the best yet for Monmouth College. Their fundraising effort netted the college over 268-thousand dollars, a record for money raised. Additionally, the school set a record for the number of donors to the effort: 964. Earmarked to receive those funds are five initiatives that the College's Office of Development and College Relations selected to focus on this year: the Scots Care Fund for students in need; an outdoor Wi-Fi hotspot with the Parent & Family Council; the Champion Miller 1860 Fund, which promotes campus diversity; the Fighting Scots Society; and the Monmouth Fund. Bagpipes signaled the start of Scots Day of Giving at 5 a.m., kicking off 18 hours and 53 minutes of activities in honor of the College's founding in 1853. Alumni Board members got the day started with an Early Bird Challenge, pledging that gifts received between 6-10 a.m. would be matched 2-to-1. Throughout the day, an anonymous donor pledged to donate $10,000