{"id":145527,"date":"2024-12-09T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=145527"},"modified":"2024-12-08T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T20:41:23","slug":"ole-miss-alumni-friends-respond-to-giving-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/ole-miss-alumni-friends-respond-to-giving-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Alumni, Friends Respond to Giving Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Multiple ways to help Ole Miss students featured during day<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More than 250 University of Mississippi<\/strong> alumni and friends marked the occasion of Giving Tuesday<\/strong>, the worldwide annual day of giving on December 3, 2024, to embrace philanthropy by raising more than $11,200 for project-based crowdfunding initiatives at Ole Miss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A total of 251 Giving Tuesday donors made 258 gifts and showed that kindness and charitable investments are among their top priorities,” said Maura Langhart<\/strong>, senior director of annual giving. “Their generous gifts will greatly benefit many members of our university community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most popular initiative, the Ole Miss Career Closet<\/strong>, received 123 gifts from donors. This will help provide more students, regardless of their financial situation, with a free outfit and professional styling each semester to help them interview and launch their careers with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will also benefit from 27 gifts made to the Ole Miss Women’s Council for Philanthropy<\/strong>‘s campaign for the Jennifer Lawrence Bordelon Leadership Fund. This fund provides income for the council’s mentorship of its student scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It honors the memory of a beloved young alumna who was a Women’s Council scholar and a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College<\/strong> and was selected as Miss Ole Miss<\/strong> and Kappa Delta<\/strong> president during her college career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other ongoing crowdfunding campaigns, donors supported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n