This Giving Tuesday, our community of Lumberjacks proved they have hearts of blue and gold!
Jacks on and off campus gave back, raising more than $137,000 to address the most urgent student needs and create meaningful change. Their December Axe of Kindness will fuel important environmental research, provide emergency assistance to students in need and help keep Louie’s Cupboard stocked, among many other things.
Here’s a breakdown of Jacks’ generous support on Giving Tuesday.
- Giving Tuesday raised $137,940 from 264 donors, passing last year’s total by $8,592.
- Top areas of impact:
- College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences ($12,165)
- Louie’s Cupboard ($11,525, unlocking an additional $50,000 gift from Terence and Robin Roche—which equates to 4,101 Grab & Go bags of groceries!)
- Giving Tuesday Champions drove strong peer-to-peer engagement, raising $21,915 through personal outreach.
- An anonymous donor unlocked a $12,000 challenge for the Lumberjack Emergency Assistance Fund (LEAF), funding 37 LEAF grants.
- 180 alumni, 112 faculty and staff and 28 parents and family members donated.
- Alumni from the 1990s were the largest class to get involved.
- 31 people made their first gift to NAU.
If you haven’t swung your Axe of Kindness yet, there’s still time to make an impact! Give today at givingday.foundationnau.org to directly support students who need it most.