We’d like to thank everyone who helped make the 2024 Days of Giving such a success! This year we raised $110,478 from 336 donors, including 61 first time donors! All of these are new records for the Days of Giving and surpassed our goals!
The top 10 chapters in terms of participation were:
What made this such a success was the hard work of our team captains who helped rally their chapters, we’d like to thank John Song, Omega ’91 (Chicago); Manuel Chaknis, Omega ’85 (Chicago); Mark G. DiPasquale, Pi ’88 (Syracuse); Edward R. “Chip” Braulick, Eta ’84 (Lehigh) and Brian M. Christie, Zeta ’07 (Dartmouth) for their outstanding work and support!
In addition every donation during the Days of Giving had double the impact thanks to the generosity of the following brothers who stepped up and made matching gifts. We’d like to thank:
- Dollars raised: $110,478 ★ against our goal of $100k!
- 336 Donors for the event (beating the 2014 “Get in the Game” campaign total of 321) ★
- 18 Undergraduates Donations
- 34 Memorial and Tribute Gifts ★
- 26 Chapters Participating
- 130 donors gave their greatest gift ever ★
- Average of $216
To kick off the Days of Giving we held an Awards and Recognition event on Thursday, October 17th and invited past scholarship attendees, Social Impact Fellows, and those that have received some of our individual awards such as the Fiske Award, Distinguished Alumni Service Award, and David AB Brown Award.
On Friday October 18th we held our first livestream event which included a tour of the International Office and some of our historical items on display, a check in with our Social Impact Fellow Dr. Brian Christie, Zeta ’07 (Dartmouth), a presentation about solar-powers aquatic drones courtesy of Alessandra Bianchi, Gamma ’86 (Amherst) and her company www.seatrac.com , and a conversation about horror literature and must watch movies this spooky season with horror author Brian Asman Phi Delta ’03 (Mary Washington) (by the way, his new werewolf book “Good Dogs” is out now at http://www.brianasmanbooks.com !
Awards for 2024:
The Pi will receive bragging rights and a pizza party for having the most donors, while the Omicron will receive a Psi U banner for raising the most dollars. Special kudos in the form of a Psi U gift basket to Mark G. DiPasquale, Pi ’88 (Syracuse) for rallying the most donors.
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Memorial and honor gifts
Mariann Williams, Rho/Chi Delta 2017 (H) made a gift in memory of Bill Wishard, Delta Delta ’63
John Kay, Delta ’78 made a gift in honor of Henry B. Poor
Jorge Gonzalez, Delta 1990 made a gift in memory of Rob Schroeder
Tim Tritsch, eta 1985 made a gift in memory of Mark Wheatley
Scott Greenstkne, Eta 1988 made a gift in memory of Mark Wheatley
George Blandino, Eta 1984 made a gift in memory of Curt Rettke
John Gewartowski, ETA 1988 made a gift in memory of Mark Wheatley
Gary Pan, Eta 1986 made a gift in memory of Curtis Rettke: Miss you
Gary Pan, Eta 1986 made a gift in memory of Mark “Bing” Wheatley
Karl Brotzman, ETA 1974 made a gift in honor of Warren Serenbetz
Jonathan Chaffin, Gamma Tau’00 made a gift in memory of Bill Wishard
Jeffrey Weber, ETA 1984 made a gift in memory of Curt Rettke
Michael Pagan, Eta 1985 made a gift in memory of Mark Wheatley
Joan R Brewster, Gamma 1986 made a gift in memory of Henry Poor
Chirley Quillian, Gamma Tau 2011 made a gift in honor of Grampa Dodger
Charles Hall, Gamma Tau made a gift in memory of Michael Unti|
Bill Wolf, Omega 1990 made a gift in memory of Jonathan Persky
Jose Garza, Omega 1990 made a gift in memory of Clay Huestis
D Pauletti, Omega made a gift in memory of Clay Huestis: Tan ‘em Tucker-style.
Kevin Fazendeiro, Omega ’95 made a gift in memory of Clay Huestis
David McBroom, Omega 2020 made a gift in memory of Lynn Werner
Peter Weinstein, Omega 1983 made a gift in memory of Jon Persky
Robert McIntire, made a gift in memory of Michael Summers: Happy birthday a bit early and also good memories of Mike and Ann who was Psi U sweetheart.
Brian Orange, Pi 1989 made a gift in memory of Garrett Dubious|
Timothy Chipperfield, Pi 1987 made a gift in memory of Garret DuBoi:
Peter Chynoweth, Pi 1986 made a gift in memory of Muggsy Mollihan
Harry Silverstein, Pi 1996 made a gift in honor of Salvatore DiNitto
Marc Fishman, Pi 1990 made a gift in memory of David Cooper
James Phelan, Tau ‘63 made a gift in memory of Wes Kolb
Robert Beecroft, Tau 1962 made a gift in memory of David Norcross
Charles Sollitt, made a gift in memory of Tony Zubick
William Hiltz, Zeta 2005 made a gift in honor of Evelyn Kaiser
Matthew DeMarco, Zeta 2007 made a gift in honor of Jarren Hayes: This donation is just a small token of appreciation for your dedication and support of our chapter and brotherhood! ITB
Andrew Hughey, Zeta 2006 made a gift in honor of Yale Fillingham: Itb!
Special Thank You to the dedicated staff and volunteer speakers who made this event successful!
Tom Fox, Omicron ‘00
Jonathan Chaffin. Gamma Tau ‘00
Bethann Taylor
Jay Riemenschnieder, Beta Alpha ‘93
Alex Senchak, Eta ‘06
Vicky Manfren
Award Evening Speakers
Alex Senchak, Eta ‘06
Tim Zepp, Chi Delta ’08
Richard A. Rasmussen, Upsilon ’72
Tuna Ergan, Gamma Tau ’23 [VIDEO]
Dr. Don Nguyen, Epsilon Nu ‘20
Dr. Roberta Hunter, Epsilon Iota ‘94 [VIDEO]
Logan G. Spector, PhD, Phi Beta ’95 [VIDEO]
Evan Terry, Epsilon Phi ‘93
James M. Cornacchia, Pi ’86
David A.B. Brown, Epsilon Phi ‘63
Tom Fox, Omicron ‘00
Livestream Event Speakers
Alessandra Bianchi, Gamma ’86
Dr. Brian Christie, Zeta ’07
Brian Asman, Phi Delta ’03
Thomas J. Fox, Omicron ‘00
Jonathan Chaffin, Gamma Tau ‘00
Alexander Senchak, Eta ‘06