{"id":212758,"date":"2024-04-18T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=212758"},"modified":"2024-04-18T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:58:45","slug":"uconn-gives-countless-reasons-to-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/04\/uconn-gives-countless-reasons-to-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Gives: Countless Reasons to Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UConn Nation is coming together to support the University we all love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/givingday.uconn.edu\/o\/university-of-connecticut-32\/i\/uconn-gives-2024\/\">UConn Gives<\/a> is underway! During this 36-hour giving initiative, which ends tonight at 7 p.m., celebrate your UConn pride by spreading the word, participating in challenges, and making gifts in support of UConn.<\/p>\n<p>When you take part in UConn Gives, you support what makes UConn great by giving to the causes most important to you. Show your support at givingday.uconn.edu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/givingday.uconn.edu\/o\/university-of-connecticut-32\/i\/uconn-gives-2022-coming-soon\">Join challenges<\/a>\u00a0so your gift has an even greater impact. There\u2019s a Leaderboard Challenge, where the project with the highest total number of donors will receive an additional $5,000, with $3,000 for the second-place finisher, and $1,000 for the third. Here\u2019s how you can get involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be a champion.<\/strong>\u00a0Spread the word about UConn Gives using #UConnGives and tagging @UConnAlumni on social media. Invite your friends to join, too!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Join challenges.<\/strong>\u00a0Watch social media to unlock dollars for the areas you care most about.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make your gift!<\/strong>\u00a0Join UConn alumni in giving back during this exclusive 36-hour giving event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/givingday.uconn.edu\/o\/university-of-connecticut-32\/i\/uconn-gives-2024\/\">1,000 reasons to give. 36 Hours. One stronger UConn. #UConnGives and #UConnHealthGives: April 17-18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show your UConn pride and support Huskies for years to come<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":211486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,2235],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1902],"class_list":["post-212758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-today-homepage","post_format-post-format-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 13:30:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212760,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212758\/revisions\/212760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/211486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212758"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=212758"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=212758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}