As a professor and chair of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Fadi Fathallah donates to programs he cares about at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis. They include Global Affairs鈥 Study Abroad programs and his department鈥檚 Excellence Fund, which offer students life-changing learning experiences.
鈥淚n giving, we are helping our community grow stronger and healthier,鈥 said Fathallah, who serves as a member of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Employee Giving Advisory Committee.
Fathallah also cares deeply about students and fellow employees in need. During this year鈥檚 Employee Giving Month, a fundraising effort that starts Friday (April 1) across 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health, Fathallah is joining other faculty and staff, current and retired, in a special push to help students coping with housing insecurity and homelessness as well as co-workers facing dire personal emergencies.
Programs emphasizing those areas include the Aggie Compass Housing Support Fund, providing students stable housing, food and wraparound services supporting their academic success; Aggie House, a student-run transitional housing shelter (see video above); and the Staff Emergency Fund, which provides quick cash awards of up to $1,000 to help with everything from housing, food and utilities to transportation and funeral costs.
Integrated with Give Day
Because Give Day, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 biggest fundraising event, takes place during Employee Giving Month, employees can leverage their gifts of any size for maximum impact. Early giving for Give Day has already begun ahead of the April 22-23 date, and .
And employees are doing their part. The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Retirees鈥 Association and the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Emeriti Association are giving $21,600 to the Aggie Compass Housing Support Fund. They are asking others to join them and support their Give Day challenge.
The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Employee Giving Advisory Committee, too, has issued a Give Day challenge gift of $5,000 that unlocks with 500 gifts. A gift to any 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis or 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health program will help unlock that challenge, though the emphasis is on student housing and staff emergency support.
Organizers are hoping for another year that breaks the quarter-million dollar mark.
鈥淕ifts of any amount are welcome, to whatever cause an employee cares about,鈥 said Michelle Poesy, senior director of the Annual and Special Gifts Program at the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis division of Development and Alumni Relations, or DEVAR, which manages Employee Giving Month. 鈥淎ll gifts make a difference and demonstrate that we are a caring campus community.鈥
Employee Giving Month runs through Saturday, April 30. You can make a gift or learn more about employee giving on . Challenge gifts may be found by clicking 鈥渃hallenges鈥 in the top right navigation bar on the Give Day home page.
Media Resources
Joan Fischer is a senior writer for the Annual and Special Gifts Program in the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, and can be reached by email or at 530-754-0482.