We Believe. We Give. 2022

The next $9,000 in gifts to the Annual Fund will support our continued partnership with Behind Happy Faces, a program designed to give members the tools they need to address mental health proactively. This generous matching gift is provided by California Wesleyan Society members Michelle Rossetti Banks, Alpha Chi-UCLA; Melinda Jordan Hall-Zeta Lambda, Texas A&M; Kathryn Kendall, Omega Alpha-Alumnae Initiate; Cindy Voris, Zeta Alpha-Cal State, Fullerton; and Bonnie Yamaoka, Alpha Psi-Southern California.

Florida Wesleyan Society members Kathy Karrh Cashin, Iota-Florida State; Amalia Cochran, Zeta Lambda-Texas A&M; Jan Alexander Maisch, Epsilon Omega-Jacksonville; Kelly Newman, Epsilon Kappa-Troy; and Velen Diaz Thompson, Iota-Florida State, will match the next $8,000 in gifts to the Annual Fund.

The next $10,000 in gifts to the Annual Fund (our area of greatest need) will be matched by Texas Wesleyan Society members Jan Hill Booker, Delta Beta-Lamar; Linda Braus-Antcliff, Epsilon Epsilon-Texas Tech; Rosemary House Brevard, Delta-Texas, Austin; Laura Jernigan Espensen, Epsilon Beta-Texas A&I; and Sarah Dibrell Gallaher, Gamma Chi-Texas Christian.

The first $10,000 in gifts to the Annual Fund (our area of greatest need) will be matched by Wesleyan Society members Patty Purish O’Neill, Zeta Omega-Central Florida, Anne Veale Pogson, Alpha Zeta-Southern Methodist, and Jessica White Tom, Eta Zeta-Southern Mississippi.

Gifts from Friends of ADPi to the Annual Fund (our area of greatest need) will be matched by an anonymous donor up to $1,851.

Help the gift count climb and unlock bonus gifts towards our Day of Giving totals! At 500 gifts, a $1,000 Day of Giving bonus will be unlocked. At 1,000 gifts, a $2,500 Day of Giving bonus will be unlocked. And in honor of our 171st anniversary, 1,710 gifts will unlock a $5,000 Day of Giving bonus. Thanks to Claire Brown Gwaltney, Beta Omega-Auburn; Ellen Long Liston, Alpha Kappa-Tennessee, Knoxville; Jenni Hancock Moscardelli, Alpha Kappa-Tennessee, Knoxville; and Beppy Rankin Wardrop, Lambda-Brenau for these challenge gifts!

Our Alpha Delta Pi Foundation Trustees have offered a bonus Annual Fund match – they will match the next $1,000 in gifts to the Annual Fund (our area of greatest need).

Wesleyan Society members Sarah Davis-Candeto, Epsilon Psi-Tennessee Tech; Pat Johnson Evans, Beta Omega-Auburn; Torrie Hebert, Omega-Louisiana State; and Rosalyn Doze Williams, Alpha Alpha-Colorado, will match the next $9,000 in Annual Fund gifts to help our hazing prevention efforts and education.

The next $7,500 in gifts to the Annual Fund (our area of greatest need) will be matched by North and South Carolina Wesleyan Society members Debbie Roeber Castellone, Gamma Tau-Vermont; Debbie Swank Domeck, Xi-Ohio; Janis Kruger Leaphart, Beta Epsilon-South Carolina; and Tasse Alexander Little, Zeta Mu-Appalachian State.

Gifts to any fund up to $100 will be matched by Sarah Davis-Candeo, Epsilon Psi-Tennessee Tech, up to a total of $1,000.

Generous anonymous donors have issued a challenge: reaching $100,000 in gifts will unlock a Day of Giving bonus of $20,000. Then, reaching $150,000 in gifts will unlock a Day of Giving bonus of $25,000. Finally, reaching $300,000 in gifts will unlock a $50,000 Day of Giving bonus. You can keep track of progress towards these goals on the Challenges page – this challenge counts gifts during the event but will not include matching gifts rewards that have been earned.

Foundation President Tracy L. Garner is coming in with a challenge: five Annual Fund gifts at or above the Blue & White Annual Club level ($250+) will unlock a Day of Giving bonus of $1,000.