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Post by The Cats on Nov 15, 2024 15:55:18 GMT -5
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Post by catamountalum04 on Nov 15, 2024 16:22:26 GMT -5
I looked over the website and the one question I had was if the CC gets most of the donations and facilities does not get alot can some of the money get moved around to cover the facilities improvements?
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Post by jamesdhogan on Nov 18, 2024 22:06:58 GMT -5
I looked over the website and the one question I had was if the CC gets most of the donations and facilities does not get alot can some of the money get moved around to cover the facilities improvements? Hey there--sorry to take a few days to get back to the board to answer this. This academic year, which runs 7/1 through 6/30/2025, any gift to an athletics current-use fund (i.e., the scholarship fund, the facilities fund, or a sports-specific fund) "counts" toward your Catamount Club membership. The reason I point that out: if a donor designates their gift to a certain fund, the gift is restricted to that fund's use. If you make a gift to the football program, the university is not allowed to use it for another purpose. (Likewise, if you give to the facilities project, we can't use those dollars to create a tennis scholarship.) Our number one goal in WCU Advancement right now is around building Catamount Club membership back up. Our number two goal is raising gifts toward the facilities project. The Catamount Club is the pipeline for WCU's future athletics support. I'd encourage everyone reading this to join me in making a gift to the Catamount Club. And then, if you're able, make a gift above and beyond toward the facilities project. All of those dollars will combine for your 2025-2026 membership level. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, and THANKS to the admin running this site for putting Cat Club and Giving Tuesday banners up! |
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Post by The Cats on Nov 21, 2024 10:39:30 GMT -5
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Post by whitey on Nov 21, 2024 11:04:39 GMT -5
Continuing with what James Hogan wrote...the road to a more competitive WCU athletics program is through your financial support.
Coach Bob Waters, Clint Dodson, E.J. Whitmire, several Sylva businessmen and I started the Catamount Club (Big Cat Club at that time) and I served as the first executive director. I've been a member and donor for 53 years (might be the oldest living sustained donor) and IF I can manage to give using my state retirement and social security, so can you. We all BLEED PURPLE and GIVING TUESDAY is a special way to show a lot of special and significant support. A lot of a more well-healed supporters are poised with marching money.
GO CATS!
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Post by catamountalum04 on Nov 21, 2024 18:46:21 GMT -5
Continuing with what James Hogan wrote...the road to a more competitive WCU athletics program is through your financial support. Coach Bob Waters, Clint Dodson, E.J. Whitmire, several Sylva businessmen and I started the Catamount Club (Big Cat Club at that time) and I served as the first executive director. I've been a member and donor for 53 years (might be the oldest living sustained donor) and IF I can manage to give using my state retirement and social security, so can you. We all BLEED PURPLE and GIVING TUESDAY is a special way to show a lot of special and significant support. A lot of a more well-healed supporters are poised with marching money. GO CATS! I am in! |
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 1, 2024 20:33:33 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been asked before but is the giving Tuesday campaign the start of the public phase of the facility upgrades campaign or is the public phase coming later?
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Post by jamesdhogan on Dec 2, 2024 8:43:33 GMT -5
We will launch Fill the Western Sky in January, but please know in the world of campaign counting, we count anything and everything we can. We've been counting in this campaign since July 1, 2019 (Chancellor Brown's first day), so any Giving Tuesday gifts become part of FTWS.
THANKS to everyone who's jumping in to Back the Cats by joining the Catamount Club!
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Post by The Cats on Dec 2, 2024 14:42:57 GMT -5
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Post by jamesdhogan on Dec 3, 2024 7:50:04 GMT -5
Giving Tuesday is HERE! Let's GO CATS!I hope you'll join me in backing the Cats. I've been to a LOT of WCU athletics events (even though I am but a humble English major), and my blood runs purple and gold. Let's crank up that big ol' purple and gold CATAMOUNT machine and GO.
Join me in making a gift today here: www.givecampus.com/0k21cyRemember, any gift to any athletics fund from 7/1/2024 through 6/30/2025 will count toward your Catamount Club membership. Feel free to call/email me if you have any questions.
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