{"id":29400,"date":"2018-01-18T10:21:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=29400"},"modified":"2018-01-18T10:39:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:39:15","slug":"uccs-donors-raise-more-than-67000-on-giving-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=29400","title":{"rendered":"UCCS donors raise nearly $67,000 on Giving Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29401\" style=\"width: 3681px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29401\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check.jpg\" alt=\"The All Colorado Beer Festival donates $25,000 to UCCS Theatreworks on Giving Tuesday\" width=\"3681\" height=\"2454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check.jpg 3681w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/giving-tuesday-check-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3681px) 100vw, 3681px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representatives from the All Colorado Beer Festival present a check for $25,000 to UCCS Theatreworks. Accepting the check are Drew Martorella, executive director, UCCS Presidents, and Venkat Reddy, Chancellor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 550 UCCS students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends from all of the country participated in Giving Tuesday on Nov. 28, raising nearly $67,000 for student scholarships and unlocking a $15,000 anonymous gift.<\/p>\n<p>UCCS kicked off Giving Tuesday with a breakfast on campus attended by more than 100 faculty and staff members. At the breakfast, the All Colorado Beer Festival made a $25,000 Giving Tuesday donation to UCCS\u2019 Theatreworks and a UCCS scholarship fund.<\/p>\n<p>All donors who contributed at least $10 received a pair of UCCS-branded socks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29402\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29402\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6.jpg\" alt=\"Chancellor Venkat Reddy makes his Giving Tuesday donation during the kickoff breakfast\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chancellor Venkat Reddy makes his Giving Tuesday donation during the kickoff breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29405\" style=\"width: 2886px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29405\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Socks that were distributed for donors at Giving Tuesday.\" width=\"2886\" height=\"1924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign.jpg 2886w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/socks-sign-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2886px) 100vw, 2886px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sample of the socks for the Giving Tuesday campaign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>More than 550 UCCS students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends from all of the country participated in Giving Tuesday on Nov. 28, raising nearly $67,000 for student scholarships and unlocking a $15,000 anonymous gift. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=29400\" title=\"UCCS donors raise nearly $67,000 on Giving 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