Giving Tuesday 2025

Giving Tuesday

You and your dink are challenged to a friendly competition between class colors to see which is the best of all! Last year, nearly 300 Hood alumni, students, faculty, staff and other community members invested in the future by contributing to the Giving Tuesday Campaign. 

This year we need to reach 300 donors to unlock more than $32,000! Can we count on your support in 2025?


 Invest in the Future TODAY.

The rules are simple - the dink color with the most participants at 12midnight on 12/3 wins! In the case of a tie, the color with the most dollars raised will take home the trophy.  

Check out each dink color below to see who is challenging and how many donors are needed to unlock their gifts!

60 alumni participants with Blue dinks are needed to unlock a total of $6,500 from alumnae: Virginia Turnbull Hecklinger '56, Heidi McCombs Lane '76, Mary Alice Peeling '76, Angela Schmuck Bond '96, and Lydia Emory '16.

Blue dinks 2025

60 alumni participants with Yellow dinks are needed to unlock a total of $8,100 from alumnae: Patricia Kehoe Tylander '66, Alison Drum Althouse '86, P'12, Martha Hearn Shimano '86, and Sharia M. Barksdale '06.

Yellow Dinks 2025

60 alumni participants with Red dinks are needed to unlock a total of $6,000 from alumnae: Janet Spalding Nunn '61, Nancy Gillece '81, Lindy Small '81, Jennifer Stange Knieriem '01, Lisa A. Zaleski-Larsen '01 and Caylee Winpigler '21.

Red dinks 2025

60 alumni participants with Green dinks are needed to unlock a total of $5,300 from alumni: Lynn Patterson Jacobs '71, Kim Meek '91, Ellen Urbanski '91, andOlaoluwa O. Komolafe '11, M.S.'17

Green dinks 2025

60 participants who are graduate alumni, parents (former and current), and friends of Hood are needed to unlock a total of $5,800 from: Nick Bergman, Debbie Ricker andMarian & Jack Weir P'26.

Prez dinks 2025

 

Four employees are challenging all Hood staff and faculty to participate on Giving Tuesday. 

2025 Hood employee challenge

The goal is to obtain 40 participants to unlock $985 to go towards the overall total for the day. Thank you to: April Boulton, De Rodrick Jonkins, Debbie Schenkel, and Oney Smith P'13 for providing the challenge gifts!

GT logo with Hood logo