#MaryWashDay

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Anna Hogan '82 and our first 540 donors! When we reach 540 gifts (Fredericksburg’s area code), Anna Hogan '82 will unlock a $1,982 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington in honor of the Class of 1982!

When we receive 100 gifts from first-time donors, an anonymous donor will unlock a gift of $2,000 to support student scholarships! Make your first-ever gift to Mary Washington today to help unlock this challenge!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Robert Strassheim '96 and Sarah Gildersleeve Strassheim '01 and our 400 first-time donors! When 400 individuals make their first-ever gift to UMW, a gift of $5,000 will be unlocked from Robert Strassheim '96 and Sarah Gildersleeve Strassheim '01 to support the student experience.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! When we receive 250 gifts from young alumni donors (graduates of 2013-2022) to any area, the Young Alumni Council (YAC) will unlock a gift of $2,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you John Anstey '93 and Class of 1993 donors! When 15 gifts are received from members of the Class of 1993, John Anstey ’93 will unlock a $5,000 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington.

FULL MATCH MET! Thank you, Alice Hughes and Friends of Belmont! Alice Hughes will match all gifts to Gari Melchers Home and Studio (Belmont) dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,000. Make your gift to Friends of Belmont and DOUBLE your impact!

FULL MATCH MET! Thank you to The Paul and Jane Jones Trust and James Monroe Museum donors! The Paul and Jane Jones Trust (Walter Sheffield, Trustee) will match all gifts to the James Monroe Museum dollar-for-dollar, up to $3,000 total.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you to our sponosr and UMW Philharmonic donors! An anonymous donor is matching gifts to the UMW Philharmonic on Mary Wash Giving Day, up to $1,500 total.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Patti Boise Kemp '69, and all scholarship donors! When we receive a total of $15,000 in support of scholarships on April 4, Patti Boise Kemp '69 will make a gift of $15,000 supporting a scholarship of her choice.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Devon Cushman '93 and Deborah Santiago '90 and our donors! Board of Visitors rector Devon Cushman '93 and member Deborah Santiago '90 are challenging the Mary Washington community. When we reach 1,908 gifts on Giving Day, Devon and Deborah will each make a President's Council-level gift of $2,500, unlocking a total of $5,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

When we reach 50% of our goal of 400 first-time donors, an anonymous donor will unlock a gift of $3,000 to support student scholarships! Be one of the first 200 first-time donors to help unlock $3,000 in extra dollars for our students!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you Marty '80, Vicki Wilder '80, and all our donors across the U.S.! If UMW receives at least one gift from every state in the U.S. on Giving Day, we will unlock a $5,000 gift from Marty '80 and Vicki Wilder '80.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! When 50 young alumni (classes of 2013-2022) make their first-ever gift to Mary Washington, Clark Billups '17 will make a gift of $1,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington.

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! When 50 gifts are received from alumni who are married to other alumni, Justin and Allison will give $5,000 to the Fund for Mary Washington!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Jeremy Bloom, Kate LeBoeuf, Alyssa Lee, Jeremy Vaughn, and donors of the Class of 2008! Who doesn’t enjoy watching someone get a pie in the face? ’08 graduates Jeremy Bloom, Kate LeBoeuf, Alyssa Lee, and Jeremy Vaughn are challenging their classmates to make 30 gifts to any area on Mary Wash Giving Day. If that goal is reached, it will unlock a $1,000 gift to the Fund for Mary Washington AND these challengers will each get a pie in the face while recording a thank-you video sent directly to you. Class of ’08, donate to the program that meant the most to your Mary Wash experience and help us bring an added element of pie-filling fun to your 15th year since graduation!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you, Barbara '79, Russ Mait, and all Great Lives donors! Barbara '79 and Russ Mait are challenging all supporters of Great Lives to have the most successful Giving Day in Great Lives history! If the Great Lives Lecture Series receives $7,500 in gifts, then Barbara and Russ will make an additional gift of $15,000 to the program.

FULL MATCH MET! Thank you Dr. Martha Fickett and friends of Music donors! Alumna and retired Music faculty member Dr. Martha Fickett is issuing a challenge to all alumni and friends of Music at Mary Washington: she will match all gifts to the Piano Fund, dollar-for-dollar, up to $3,000 on Mary Wash Giving Day! Join her in making a difference for music students at Mary Washington!

CHALLENGE UNLOCKED! Thank you to our sponsors and our UMW Theatre donors! To celebrate the students, faculty, staff, alumni, patrons, and donors who are a part of who we are, we are excited to offer a $33,000 challenge, which will unlock when UMW Theatre receives 300 gifts on April 4.