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This year has challenged us in ways we could not have anticipated, and has been particularly hard on those struggling financially.<\/p>\n
UFV\u2019s Financial Aid Office and UFV-SUS Food Bank have seen unprecedented demand this year, making the annual UFV\/United Way Employee \u201cMake a Difference\u201d Campaign<\/strong> all the more urgent.<\/p>\n Since were unable to kick off this year\u2019s campaign with our traditional pancake breakfasts at the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses (TTC and Building A), University Relations organized the UFV\/United Way Virtual Breakfast Cook-Off. <\/strong>Over 100 staff and faculty gathered together remotely for a bit of lighthearted fun to watch Chefs Joanne Macleod, James Mandigo, Satwinder Bains and Lenore Newman make crepes two ways, and to learn about the extreme financial need faced by students and youth in our community.<\/p>\n UFV\u2019s tradition of community spirit has enabled us to achieve so much together. If you are able, please consider donating to the United Way<\/strong><\/a> to support food insecurity, or to the UFV Student Emergency Fund<\/strong><\/a> to support students struggling to cover every day necessities such as groceries, rent, or internet for remote learning.<\/p>\n To make your 2020 donation to UFV, the United Way, or both, please visit Make a Difference<\/a> today. The official campaign concludes on Giving Tuesday, and a<\/strong>ll donations made to UFV by Dec 1 will be matched, doubling your impact!<\/strong><\/p>\n Making a difference is a great feeling \u2014 knowing you\u2019ve helped someone, solved a problem, changed a life. We thank those of you who have already donated this year through payroll deduction or one time gifts. The ripple effect of your generosity is exponential!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year has challenged us in ways we could not have anticipated, and has been particularly hard on those struggling financially. UFV\u2019s Financial Aid Office and UFV-SUS Food Bank have seen unprecedented demand this year, making the annual UFV\/United Way Employee \u201cMake a Difference\u201d Campaign all the more urgent. Since were unable to kick off … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23887,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886\/revisions\/23887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}