{"id":97165,"date":"2026-02-18T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=97165"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:13:19","slug":"utoledo-launches-rocket-forward-day-of-giving-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_18_2026\/utoledo-launches-rocket-forward-day-of-giving-today","title":{"rendered":"UToledo Launches Rocket Forward Day of Giving Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo\u2019s largest annual campaign, Rocket Forward Day of Giving, returns for its ninth year, giving the Rocket community an opportunity to support the University as well as UToledo Health. The campaign theme \u201cThe Power To Do. Powered By You.\u201d fully embraces UToledo\u2019s mission of shaping the next generation of doers and recognizes the donors who make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>From 6 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, through 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, the Power To Do is in your hands, with 36 important hours to set the University up for success. From alumni to students, faculty, staff, patients and friends, each of us plays a vital role in moving the UToledo experience forward.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-97168\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DayofGiving-2026-PREVIEW-MAIN.jpg\" alt=\"A promotional graphic for The University of Toledo\u2019s largest annual campaign, Rocket Forward Day of Giving, from 6 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, through 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19. There is a photo of Rocky, Rocksy and a student inside the Glass Bowl.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DayofGiving-2026-PREVIEW-MAIN.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DayofGiving-2026-PREVIEW-MAIN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\u200bLemuel Inkoom, a PharmD Candidate, shares the personal impact donor support has made on his UToledo experience: \u201cReceiving scholarships and support has meant everything to me and allowed me to focus on being a student first. It allowed me to pursue jobs for experience rather than to pay and focus on my academics and, at the same time, explore career-building opportunities. It means that they saw potential in me and that just constantly reminds me to see the potential of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus<\/strong>: As a special thank you, make a gift of $25 or more to any fund and receive a UToledo light-up charging cable \u2014 while supplies last \u2014 as a bright reminder that you gave Rockets The Power To Do great things.<\/p>\n<p>However you choose to participate, your involvement matters. You can:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2026\">Make a gift to one of more than 2,000 funds<\/a>, including scholarships, research, patient care, athletics and alumni or student programs. Every gift, big or small, helps contribute to UToledo\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2026#pre-launch-level-up-your-power-section\">Sign up to be an advocate<\/a>\u00a0and you may earn Rocket gear for your efforts! Advocates support the campaign by spreading the word and generating excitement through email, video and social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2026#pre-launch-community-partners-section\">Visit any of our community partners<\/a>\u00a0and know that a portion of your purchase will go back to UToledo. Check out our list of local businesses or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jupmode.chipply.com\/DOG26\">purchase some campaign merch<\/a>\u00a0and support Rocket Forward Day of Giving at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/TheUniversityofToledo\/rocket-forward-2026\">give.utoledo.edu<\/a>. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TzMN_2F-H50?si=lx-e_v4om9HWopEy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket students, alumni, faculty, staff and other supporters are invited to participate in the 9th annual 36-hour fundraising campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":97168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97165"}],"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\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97165"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97212,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97165\/revisions\/97212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}