Aloha,
I’m pleased to share that, with your support, we have crossed the $600 million mark for our historic $1 billion comprehensive campaign, For UH • For Hawaiʻi.
Building upon that momentum, I’m excited to tell you about Giving Day for UH on Wednesday, April 10. If you are interested in making a gift for Giving Day that could be a match to inspire others to give, please let us know by contacting our director of Annual Giving, Dale Hagadone.
We’re also getting ready to move the UH Foundation headquarters in late April back to the UH Mānoa campus, to the new Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center. UHF will occupy the top two floors of the historic Charles Atherton House, which some of you may know as the pink building on University Avenue.
We are so grateful for your loyal support. It’s essential for UH, for the thousands of students whose lives are uplifted and enriched by a college education and for the future of Hawaiʻi.
Mahalo,
Tim Dolan
University Of Hawai‘i Foundation CEO
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FOR UH • FOR HAWAIʻI, The Campaign for the University of Hawaiʻi, is focused on raising $1 billion to support UH priorities on all 10 campuses across the state, including student success; research that matters; kuleana to Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi; sustainability, resilience and conservation; innovation and entrepreneurship; building Hawaiʻi’s workforce; and engaging our community. Learn more at uhfoundation.org/4UH4HI.
