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<\/a>The University\u2019s annual charity drive, better known as UTC3, is offered in conjunction with local organizations United Way of Greater Toledo, Community Health Charities of Ohio, Earth Share Ohio and Northwest Ohio Community Shares. The campaign will officially end Wednesday, Dec. 31, but will wrap up with a celebration breakfast Thursday, Dec. 11, leaving just a few days for UT employees to donate to be invited to attend the breakfast. <\/p>\nWith a goal of $125,000, UTC3 is working to raise money for more than 200 local, regional and national organizations. As of Dec. 3, the campaign has raised $7,500 more than this time last year. And while more than 300 people have donated, that\u2019s only about 6 percent of employees, according to Donna Braswell, business services officer in the Department of Biological Sciences and a UTC3 representative. <\/p>\n
\u201cParticipation is important because once people start to give, they realize how good it feels,\u201d Braswell said. \u201cEven if it\u2019s a small, small, small gift \u2014 to give and be part of something bigger than you, that\u2019s what I think is important.\u201d <\/p>\n
Donors who give will receive a gift for their contributions of:<\/p>\n
\u2022 $25 \u2014 UT tote bag;<\/p>\n
\u2022 $100 \u2014 UT insulated tote and insulated water bottle;<\/p>\n
\u2022 $250 \u2014 jolt charger;<\/p>\n
\u2022 $500 \u2014 UT radio frequency identification (RFID) document holder; or<\/p>\n
\u2022 $750 \u2014 both the RFID holder and the jolt charger.<\/p>\n
An email providing information linking donors to the online pledging system and sharing stories of those helped by these organizations will be sent to UT employees this week. <\/p>\n
Additional emails will follow throughout December to allow donors who\u2019ve not yet made pledges a chance to give to the campaign. <\/p>\n
Donations also can be turned in to the following campaign representatives: <\/p>\n
\u2022 Donna Braswell, Wolfe Hall Room 1235L, Mail Stop 601;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Vicki Riddick, Mail Stop 405.<\/p>\n
For more information or to make an online donation, visit https:\/\/uwgt.upicsolutions.org\/uwgt\/crm\/Home.jsp<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With donations nearing $85,000, The University of Toledo Community Charitable Campaign is hoping employees will help UT reach its goal of $125,000. The University\u2019s annual charity drive, better known as UTC3, is offered in conjunction with local organizations United Way of Greater Toledo, Community Health Charities of Ohio, Earth Share Ohio and Northwest Ohio Community …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}