Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College’s (SMWC) annual day of giving, Woods Giving Day, will take place on Tuesday, February 7, uniting the campus community, alumni and friends of the College for the largest fundraising day of the year.
The goal for Woods Giving Day is to have 1,000 unique donors contribute during the 24-hour period. During last year’s Woods Giving Day, the College raised over $300,000, achieving the 1,000 donor goal reaching 1,038.
Several local businesses will be supporting Woods Giving Day with special offerings to help promote the day and to expand ways for the community to participate:
- Bites and Blessings will donate 20% of proceeds from all walk-in cookie sales and will feature SMWC-decorated cookies for purchase
- Chick-Fil-A will donate 20% of all sales when SMWC is requested upon order
- Culver’s will donate the proceeds from all sales of sundaes, shakes and cheese curds for the day
- Federal Coffee + Fine Foods will donate 20% of proceeds from SMWC specialty drinks
- ISU Credit Union is issuing a challenge match for up to $2,500 in donations by individuals in the Wabash Valley
- Little Bear Coffee Company will donate $1 for each Pomeroy Bear Bomb sold
- Macksville Coffee Company will donate 10% of proceeds from sales of SMWC specialty drinks and donuts
- Square Donuts will donate all proceeds from SMWC specialty donuts
- Tabco will be sponsoring promotional items to be used on campus to incentivize giving by students
Jessica Bicknell Crawford ’19G, advancement officer for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, is thrilled with the amount of participation from local businesses this year to help promote the College and the unique ways for engagement within the community. “Quite honestly, we could not be as successful as we have without the help of our community partners. They help bring awareness, participation and fun to this very important day for SMWC,” she said. “We appreciate the generosity of our alumni and friends each year on this day and look forward to topping our record donor and giving amounts that were set last year.”
Preston Mitchell, a junior at SMWC, has volunteered the last two years in calling alumni on Woods Giving Day. “It has given me the opportunity to reach out to the community of Woodsies that I am not usually in contact with. I am grateful for the scholarships that I have received, and Woods Giving Day has helped to provide some of that.”
During the day, volunteers will be calling donors and thanking them for their support of SMWC. There will also be activities during the day on campus to promote Woods Giving Day and to give students, faculty and staff the opportunity to get involved. For more information, visit smwc.edu/woodsgivingday2023.
