“My little gifts add up!”
Cecelia Dirksen, assistant to the UFV Dean of Arts, was surprised to find out that she has donated to UFV a total of 260 times over the past eight years, mostly through payroll deduction.
“I hardly notice the payroll donations,” she adds.
Cecelia has a unique approach to her gift giving as she specifically chooses to top up funds that are close to reaching the endowed level — an amount that allows a scholarship or bursary to be awarded annually in perpetuity. She has helped to bring three bursaries to this level and is now working on her fourth. She feels this is a great way to get more bang for her buck and encourages others to consider following suit.
“An endowed fund means that it will be supporting different students for many decades to come, so I like to help those funds reach endowed status,” she notes.
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