{"id":2803,"date":"2011-06-23T07:32:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2011-06-23T07:32:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T11:32:41","slug":"it-isnt-about-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2011\/06\/23\/it-isnt-about-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"It Isn&#039;t About the Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2804\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/06\/sign_MG_9855.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2804\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2011\/06\/sign_MG_9855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/06\/sign_MG_9855.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/06\/sign_MG_9855-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Liberal Arts College for Men<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re nearing the end of the college&#8217;s fiscal year, \u00a0June 30. \u00a0To date, roughly 30% of our alumni body has made a gift to the college. \u00a0Think about that. \u00a0In a room of 30 loyal alumni, you&#8217;d average over 20 who have not made some sort of financial commitment, big or small, to the college.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine how high our percentage would be if every alumnus who watched the Monon Bell game, live or on television, made a gift? \u00a0Easily over 50%&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, the Grunge is asking you, as a friend and as a fellow alumnus, to make a gift. \u00a0Size doen&#8217;t matter on this one. \u00a0It isn&#8217;t about a name on the Honor Roll or a building named after you. \u00a0It&#8217;s about saying to our young men that they matter. \u00a0Their education matters.<\/p>\n<p>I picked this photo for a reason. \u00a0A lot of folks hated these signs when they were new. Those folks were vocal about it as well. \u00a0And, while the signs will change, the Wabash behind that sign changes as well. \u00a0Believe me, if the college isn&#8217;t growing, it&#8217;s dying. \u00a0There&#8217;s no middle ground.<\/p>\n<p>Wabash will be better&#8230;with your help. \u00a0It will keep the good things you recall&#8230;and make them better. \u00a0It will make those not-so-good things better&#8230;if you invest.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the link: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabash.edu\/alumni\/egift\" target=\"_blank\">www.wabash.edu\/alumni\/egift<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks from the&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Grunge<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re nearing the end of the college&#8217;s fiscal year, \u00a0June 30. \u00a0To date, roughly 30% of our alumni body has made a gift to the college. \u00a0Think about that. \u00a0In a room [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}