MSU's Own Ready for 24-Hour Give Green Day, March 15, 2022
Faculty, Staff and Retirees Play Key Roles in Campaign’s Success
MSU's Own Ready for 24-Hour Give Green Day, March 15, 2022
Faculty, Staff and Retirees Play Key Roles in Campaign’s Success
March 2, 2022MSU’s Give Green Day—a 24-hour, social media-driven campaign to engage Spartans and friends in giving back to support students—is taking place for the sixth time, this year on March 15.
Last year, MSU raised more than $1.2 million on Give Green Day. More than $173,000 came from MSU faculty, staff or retirees, representing nearly 15 percent of the total dollars raised.
As they did in 2021, the MSU Federal Credit Union is a Give Green Day sponsor, providing matching funds that will be used in giving challenges throughout the day, including some specifically targeted to match gifts from faculty, staff and retiree donors.
“MSUFCU is proud to partner with MSU during Give Green Day this year. We hope to encourage giving from others who will come alongside and invest in the programs, services and scholarships that support students in areas of greatest need and significant impact,” said April Clobes, president and CEO of MSUFCU.
Funds raised on Give Green Day often provide services and support that would not be met by other funding sources.
MSU’s Center for Survivors received a needed boost from last year’s Give Green Day efforts, when the program’s Survivor Emergency Fund received $5,260 in gifts from 87 donors. Matching funds brought the total to $7,640 by the day’s end.
The center is a safe place for community members who have experienced relationship violence, sexual assault, stalking or sexual harassment at any point in their life. Free and confidential counseling, and advocacy, therapy and other services are available. The center created the Survivor Emergency Fund in 2017 to help meet financial needs of survivors. Gifts to the fund have allowed students to move to a safer apartment, purchase food and pay bills, including outstanding medical bills that have led to a hold on their student account.
“The Survivor Emergency Fund helps survivors focus on their healing and well-being and relieves some of the financial burdens related to experiencing sexual violence,” says Tana Fedewa, director of the center. “The emergency fund is a tangible way to stand with survivors. My hope for Give Green Day 2022 is that survivors would see that members of the MSU community see them, believe them and care about their safety and well-being.”
The impact of the center is reflected in statements from survivors.
Said one survivor: “Center for Survivors (CFS) has helped me accept my trauma as part of my past, but not something that has to define my future. All of the resources provided have been tremendously helpful. Contacting CFS has been the best decision I’ve made in my recovery journey.”
This year’s Give Green Day campaign will feature projects to support initiatives like the Survivors Emergency Fund, student organizations, scholarships and other projects. All MSU’s colleges will participate as well as other areas of the university including Athletics, Wharton Center for Performing Arts, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, MSU Libraires and International Studies and Programs, among others.
To make an online gift on Give Green Day, visit givingday.msu.edu/projects, select a project to support and follow the steps to complete your gift.
Learn more at givingday.msu.edu or follow the hashtag #GiveGreenDay.
