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PilotsGive Social Media & Communication Training (Mar. 8)

PilotsGive—the most important giving day of the year for UP students and programs—is coming up on March 22–23. Join us for our social media and communication training on Wednesday, March 8, from 1–2 p.m. in Library Classroom 211. You’ll get lots of tips on talking about PilotsGive and learn how to generate more gifts for your center, program, or club. Make an even bigger impact by being a PilotsGive Ambassador. See how easy it is to help here. 

PilotsGive Ambassadors amplify our fundraising success simply by sharing why they love UP and promoting the areas of campus they are most passionate about. We’ll give you all the tools you need and maybe even a prize or two. 

Why be an Ambassador? 

  • It’s fun! You can compete with coworkers to win great prizes! 
  • It’s easy! We will give you all the tools you need, including social media graphics and scripts to use or take inspiration from. Plus, we’ll send you tips and reminders about special PilotsGive promotions like matching gifts. If you have questions along the way, we are here to help! 
  • It’s impactful! Sharing why you love UP helps inspire others to give. This ripple effect increases the funding we have for scholarships, programs, and more—it even helps recruit future students. You are making the Pilot community stronger! 


There are many ways to be an Ambassador. Choose what works for you. 

  • Share on social media. Tell friends what you love about UP. If you give, include why! Link to up.edu/pilotsgive and encourage others to join you! See the Ambassador toolkit for tips. 
  • Email, text, or call your friends: Gifts of all sizes make a difference for the programs that are meaningful to you. Plus, your favorite school, center, team, or student activity has a chance to win bonus funds when they hit participation goals! 
  • Host an event: Want to go big? Meet up with friends in your UP network and celebrate being a Pilot! PilotsGive is a great reason for your chapter, affinity group (such as advisory boards or alumni from a particular club, team, or residence hall), or friends to catch up. Let us know about your event. We can help promote it! 

Email Jessie Lamb (lamb@up.edu) with any questions. 

PilotsGive Happy Hour (Mar. 23)

Put on your purple and come celebrate what it means to be a Pilot! Stop by the Pilot House to join faculty, staff, alumni, and friends as we toast another phenomenal show of support for our students on Thursday, March 23, from 4–5:30 p.m. And, yes, there will be jumbo checks, so come find out who our challenges winners are, too! 

PilotsGive, April 7-8: Together we all add UP!

This Wednesday and Thursday (April 7-8, noon to noon) get ready for PilotsGive! We’re looking for 2,500 donors to support scholarships, emergency assistance, academics, Pilot Athletics, student services, and more during this 24 hours of Pilot Pride.

Here are a few ways you can support our Pilots this year:

Wear purple! Do you have your PilotsGive shirt? If not, stop by the Development team conference room on the 5th floor of Waldschmidt to pick one up.

Attend a virtual event. We can’t all be together in person, but we can still celebrate our Pilot Pride together in style. Put on your purple gear and join us for the PilotsGive Kickoff and Closing events. Prizes will be announced and fun will be had by all!

Register for the PilotsGive Kickoff – 4/7, 11:30 a.m. -12:05 p.m.
Register for the PilotsGive Closing Countdown – 4/8, 11:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

Support your favorite program. Every gift counts on PilotsGive and gets us closer to unlocking extra funds for crucial student support. Make a gift of your own and share why you love UP on social media. Help unlock challenge gifts like:

Grand Challenge
Mary Anne ’62 and John Wagner want our community to reach its goal of engaging 2,500 donors for PilotsGive. They are challenging all Pilots to support students who are striving for an education. When we hit 2,500 donations, the Wagners will unlock a $100,000 challenge gift!

Academic Challenge
Proud Alumnus, Board of Regent member and Pilot parent Rich Baek ‘93 is offering $15,000 to be split between the top 3 schools with the most donors! 1st place: $8,000, 2nd place: $5,000, 3rd place: $2,000

Scholarship Challenge
Ralph ’73 and Sandi Miller have always been passionate about scholarship support. As a Board of Regent member, Ralph sees first-hand the impact scholarships make on a student’s life. This year, when 200 others give to Tuition Assistance and Scholarships during PilotsGive, the Millers’ $50,000 challenge gift will be released!

Join us for PilotsGive!

PilotsGive, April 7-8: Together we all add UP!

Mark your calendar for April 7-8, noon to noon, for one of the biggest giving days of the year at the University of Portland. PilotsGive is a day of worldwide Pilot pride that raises critical support for scholarships, programs, innovative learning experiences, and student success.

There are many ways to show your support and raise funds for the area of campus that is most meaningful to you:

Need help getting started on fundraising for your area of campus? Training and support are available through the Office of Development. Contact Jessie Lamb, Development, at lamb@up.edu for more information.

#PilotsGive A Monumental Success!

Thanks to the hard work and generosity of Pilots all over the globe, #PilotsGive was a monumental success! The development team is working hard to crunch the final numbers but they can report that, in just 24 hours, 2,771 donors made a gift, raising $683,263 to support students, faculty, staff, athletics, and programs on The Bluff. We are humbled by this tremendous show of generosity and in awe of the what the Pilot community can do when we work together for a common goal. Thank you so much for helping to make this day so monumental.

Special appreciation goes out to the 12 campaigns for #PilotsGive. The spirit of this year’s event was about supporting all the great work the campaigns are doing—highlighting students, faculty, athletics, and programs. These campaigns gave it their all to demonstrate what is possible when Pilots put philanthropy into action. To help reward these campaigns’ efforts, contests were created to provide extra funds. Athletics won the Grand Challenge with 1,033 donors participating. School of Nursing won the Academic Challenge, College of Arts and Sciences came in second, and Pamplin School of Business came in third. For the Athletics contest, women’s soccer won first place, men’s tennis won second place, men’s soccer third place, volleyball fourth place, and men’s track and cross country took fifth place. Congratulations to all these campaigns for their great work on #PilotsGive and their dedication to UP students!

University Relations is proud to share this inaugural event with the campus community and is looking forward to building on this year’s success next year. To learn more about #PilotsGive or ask questions about how to participate next year, please contact Amy Eaton, development, at eatona@up.edu.