Please check out our 2024 Big Poet Give site!

Let's make a BIG difference this #BigPoetGive!

*Special thanks to Meylina Tran ' 24 (she/her) for her work on this year's Big Poet Give video.

Thank you for an exciting and successful Big Poet Give!

Support from the entire Poet Community – Alumni, Family, Faculty, Staff, and Friends – made history once again!

If you missed this year’s Big Poet Give, you can still make a gift!

Can’t find your preferred designation? We are happy to help! Leave us a message at 562-907-4849 and the Director of Annual, Tania Mistry, will return your call. Or you send us an email at bigpoetgive@whittier.edu.

Your investment in student success during Big Poet Give transforms the lives of Poets, and the impact will ripple across their communities.

We are grateful for your partnership in creating student success year after year.

THANK YOU!

#BigPoetGive

The 8th annual Big Poet Give was held Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Thank you Suzanne Burger '55!

Mar 29, 2023

Participating Groups

Office of Equity & Inclusion

Student Accessibility Services

Student Counseling Center

Student Emergency Fund

Athletics

Poet Student Athlete Leadership Academy

Black Alumni Association Support Fund

The Ortiz Programs

Pacific Northwest Alumni Endowed Scholarship

Societies

Pride Endowed Scholarship

Stephen Gothold '63 Endowed Scholarship

Campus Visit Bus Scholarship

Student Scholarships

Presidential Initiatives

Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts

The Whittier Fund

Additional Areas of Support

Whittier Student Worker Alliance Club

Center for Engagement with Communities

Gloria Molina ’14 Latina Leadership Scholarship

Match

Black Alumni Support Fund Match

$3,000 to the WCBAA Support Fund has been matched! Thanks to generous alumnus Stephanie Wiggins '92, and our donors who supported the WCBAA Support Fund during Big Poet Give.

$3,000 MATCHED

Completed

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Athletics Dollar Challenge

Which Poet Athletics team or program will raise the most dollars? The team or program with the most dollars raised will receive an additional $300!

Rank	Prize	Team/Program	Raised
1	$300	Baseball	$6,300.00
2		Men's Basketball	$1,375.00
3		Purple & Gold	$1,325.00
4		Softball	$775.00
5		Poet Student Athlete Leadership Academy	$375.00
6		Women's Soccer	$275.00
7		Men's Soccer	$250.00
8		Men's Tennis	$250.00
9		Women's Tennis	$250.00
10		Track & Field	$200.00
11		Cross Country	$200.00
12		Men's Water Polo	$100.00
13		Women's Lacrosse	$100.00
14		Swimming & Diving	$0.00
15		Volleyball	$0.00

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Campaign Dollar Challenge

Which Big Poet Give campaign will raise the most dollars? The campaign with the most dollars raised will receive an additional $300! *excludes Poet Athletics & The Whittier Fund

Rank	Prize	Department/Program	Raised
1	$300	Center for Engagement with Communities	$50,325.00
2		Black Alumni Association Support Fund	$8,600.00
3		Presidential Initiatives	$5,700.00
4		Pride Endowed Scholarship	$5,600.00
5		Film Major	$2,900.00
6		Academic Departments	$2,590.00
7		Student Emergency Fund	$1,460.00
8		Student Scholarships	$1,395.00
9		Societies	$1,340.00
10		Theatre Department - Special Projects	$1,050.00
11		Music Department	$1,000.00
12		The Ortiz Programs	$770.00
13		Student Counseling Center	$525.00
14		Thalians	$510.00
15		Campus Visit Bus Scholarship	$500.00

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Athletics Donor Challenge

Which Poet Athletics team or program will have the most donors? The team or program with the most donors will receive an additional $300.

Rank	Prize	Team/Program	Donors
1	$300	Men's Basketball	9
2		Baseball	7
3		Softball	4
4		Purple & Gold	3
5		Poet Student Athlete Leadership Academy	3
6		Track & Field	3
7		Women's Soccer	2
8		Cross Country	2
9		Men's Soccer	1
10		Men's Tennis	1
11		Women's Tennis	1
12		Men's Water Polo	1
13		Women's Lacrosse	1
14		Swimming & Diving	0
15		Volleyball	0

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Campaign Donor Challenge

Which Big Poet Give campaign will have the most donors? The campaign with the most donors will receive an additional $300! *excludes Poet Athletics & The Whittier Fund

Rank	Prize	Department/Programs	Donors
1	$300	Societies	25
2		Black Alumni Association Support Fund	18
3		Sachsens	17
4		Academic Departments	14
5		Student Emergency Fund	12
6		Student Scholarships	11
7		The Ortiz Programs	7
8		Thalians	7
9		Office of Equity & Inclusion	7
10		Presidential Initiatives	6
11		Film Major	6
12		Pride Endowed Scholarship	4
13		Student Accessibility Services	4
14		Fred Bergerson Endowed Scholarship	4
15		Theatre Department - Special Projects	3

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Lunchtime Power Hour

The campaign with the most donors between 12 pm - 2 pm will receive an additional $300! *excludes The Whittier Fund

Rank	Prize	Department	Donors
1	$300	Athletics	4
2		Societies	4
3		Sachsens	4
4		Student Emergency Fund	4
5		Presidential Initiatives	2
6		Men's Basketball	2
7		Black Alumni Association Support Fund	1
8		Baseball	1
9		Pride Endowed Scholarship	1
10		Women's Soccer	1
11		Poet Student Athlete Leadership Academy	1
12		Academic Departments	1
13		Art Department Fund	1
14		Office of Equity & Inclusion	1
15		Pacific Northwest Alumni Endowed Scholarship	1

Ended

Let's turn the map purple for #BIGPOETGIVE!

Rank	State	Gifts
1	CA	193
2	WA	10
3	OR	7

Rank	Region	Gifts
1	United States	253
2	France	1

Rank	Region	Gifts

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