Sales and Fundraisers

  • Close to Home: Paul Desmarais

    As faculty and staff, you see firsthand what a difference UConn makes in transforming students’ lives.

    You can help by donating to the Close to Home Campaign. Perhaps you want to help a student on a scholarship. Or support one of the basketball teams. Or help fund important research.

    You can also chose to support the passion of a fellow faculty or staff member through their personalized crowdfunding pages. To see this year’s crowdfunding participants please visit: http://s.uconn.edu/c2h

    There are so many reasons to give.

     

    “In my daughter’s junior year at UConn, she was invited to a banquet where she was given an endowed scholarship. At that point, the idea of establishing a scholarship for a deserving student became a goal of mine. I contacted the UConn Foundation and they made it very easy to establish my family’s fund and got me on the path to funding the endowment. I think that a scholarship, in addition to helping a student financially, communicates the message that the donor has faith in him.”

    --Paul Desmarais

    Operating Systems Programmer, UITS

     

    Now is a great time to give. Please consider donating to the Close to Home Campaign at http://www.closetohome.uconn.edu

    For more information, contact: Lauren Ellis Grabowski at lellis@foundation.uconn.edu