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Raise Your Pick Giving Day is a community-wide giving day. This campaign will raise support for approximately 50 priority areas on campus, including ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ scholarships, programs, research, and student support services. With both online and in-person engagement opportunities, Raise Your Pick Giving Day will help ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ build its donor base and retain a higher portion of renewing donors on a yearly basis.

 RYP Giving Day starts April 16, 12 pm MT - April 17, 8 pm MT

On April 17, 2023, Miner Nation will unite for good as we launch Raise Your Pick Giving Day! With almost 50 different programs, scholarships, campus improvements, and student resources to support, you’ll have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the area that means the most to you. Leading up to the event, we hope you'll peruse the various areas in need of support, and the matches and challenges that will amplify your impact. Get ready to raise your pick! Every gift counts!

In the case of recurring gifts, only the first installment will be counted toward Giving Day totals.

*What counts as a “memo” indicating the intention of a gift?

• A donor my include RYP or Giving Day on the memo line of a check.
• Emails or other written communications from the donor that indicate the intention will also be accepted.
• In the case of recurring gifts, only the first installment will be counted toward Giving Day totals.

Yes. We accept gifts made internationally via credit card. Please note that payments with international credit cards are only possible if the donor's bank has authorized the card for international transactions. 

• No, pledges and company matching gifts cannot be counted toward fundraising totals or to unlock Giving Day matches and giving challenges.
• Only outright cash or cash equivalent gifts that adhere to the guidelines above will be counted.

*Institutional Advancement is in the Mike Loya Building, Room 223- turn to the left as you exit the elevator.

1. Click the “Give Now” button and the donor will be directed to the giving form
2. Select “Other” from the drop-down menu of designations
3. Enter the gift fund they would like to donate to.

Please note: Gifts to “Other” funds won’t count toward school or unit-specific matches and challenges, but they will be included in the overall gift and dollar counts for the Giving Day campaign.

• Please connect the applicable Development Officer with the donor Lori Cook, Associate Vice President for Development at lkcook@utep.edu for assistance.
• If you are the DO, please refer to the

Check the Date! Is it April 16 or 17?

• If yes, kindly ask your donor to wait. To avoid “double counting” through the online gift tracker, make sure your donor does NOT make their match/challenge payment on April 16 or April 17.
• If no, please direct them to make their match/challenge payment at  

Yes, a member of the Annual Giving team will send you gift reports after Giving Day totals have been finalized.

Please note: This will take several weeks due to reconciliation of gifts from multiple channels. You should receive your campaign reports by the end of May.

The Ambassador strategy is very important for the success of our campaign. Ambassadors spread the word about Giving Day on social media and with their personal networks. They will help us build event awareness and the impact fundraising events like this have on our university, students lives and their families, and our community.
People can self-identify and sign up to be an ambassador or a unit can invite key faculty, staff, students or alumni to be our "influencers" by becoming an ambassador.

Other ambassador characteristics:

• Faculty or staff members who are champions for your school or unit’s priority fundraising areas.
• Students, faculty, staff or alumni with a strong social media presence. 

Starting February 13, Ambassadors can register on the Giving Day platform and set up their account for access to the Ambassador Dashboard and series of Ambassadors training webinars for those who have signed up (segmented for ambassador type). We will also be providing “Ambassador Packs” to those who request them by March 22. These packs will include branded items to assist with social media and awareness building activity, like t-shirts, mustaches on sticks, tech stickers, window clings for cars and office windows.

In the Ambassador webinars, we’ll review the resources available in the Ambassador dashboard on the Giving Day website, like the handbooks and various social images, and we’ll review how to be an effective Ambassador.

Sydney Bertram, Sr. Director of Donor Programs
Email: sabertram@utep.edu | Cell Phone: 937-206-0550
Contact for:

• General Campaign Information
• Campaign Content Updates & Funds
• Matches and Challenges
• Giving Day Website Functions
• Timelines and Setup Processes
  
  

Jennifer Heffner, Senior Annual Giving Communications Officer
Email: jlheffner@utep.edu
Contact for:

• Campaign Content Updates
• Email Communications
• Campaign Gift Reports
• Giving Day Direct Mail
• Gift Acknowledgements
• Post-event School/Unit Thank You Cards

Valerie Herrera, Annual Giving Campaigns Officer
Email: vrherrera@utep.edu
Contact for:

• Campaign Content Updates
• Ambassador Dashboard and Resources
• Volunteer Texting Session
  
  

Alejandra Lopez, Senior Strategic Communications Officer
alopez63@utep.edu
Contact for:

• Toolkit Guide
• Assets, frame images, logos, etc.
• Social media and resources questions
  
  

Iris Maraboto, Director of Events and Recognition
Email: imaraboto2@utep.edu
Contact for:

• Block Party