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West Virginia University Adventure WV

Day of Giving

WVU's Day of Giving is Scheduled for Wednesday, March 20th.

The Adventure WV program is guided by the values of integrity, student-centrism, community and collaboration, challenge, quality and professionalism and adventure. By supporting us this Day of Giving, you'll be providing much needed funds to help us in the fulfillment of our mission. Donations of $5, $10, $15, or more will undoubtedly make an impact on our ability to support our student staff and continue our efforts to alleviate financial and material barriers to participation. All proceeds will go directly to the following initiatives:

  • Provide scholarships for students to participate in our extended and international trips. These opportunities encourage students to prioritize personal growth, leadership development, and social responsibility

  • Provide the essential gear for students to utilize during our trips. In order to alleviate barriers to participation, and thus make our programs more accessible, jackets, layers, boots and other critical personal equipment needs will be purchased and made available for students prior to their experience. 

  • Cultivate relationships with academic and campus partners to support the overall retention effort at WVU. Our aim is to collaborate to identify vulnerable populations and strategically engage these student segments with empirically driven program experiences.

  • Provide professional development opportunities to our student staff. This allows our staff to expand their leadership and enhance our effectiveness of peer-to-peer programs.

Visit our AWV Day of Giving Page to Learn More & to Donate


How You Can Get  Involved:

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Day of Giving Social Media Challenges:

Below you’ll find a few opportunities that are scheduled to occur on March 20th. There’s even an opportunity to participate in a challenge leading up to Day of Giving next week:

  • The Foundation has identified that posting on Instagram and X (Twitter) work best for their social media challenges. If you choose to share something on social media, we do ask that you utilize the hashtag #WVUDayofGiving and tag @adventure_wv in the caption of your photo or video. 

  • Day of Giving Pennant Challenge: Take a photo or video with the  Day of Giving pennant, and share on social media with the hashtag #WVUDayofGiving and tagging @adventure_wv in the caption and photo. The Foundation will select one of the best posts between March 11 and March 20 to receive an extra $1,000 for the unit tagged.  

  • WVU Spirt GIF Challenge: Reply to the @WVUFoundation social media post at the top of the 8 a.m. hour on Facebook, X or Instagram with a GIF that shows your WVU spirit and we’ll select three of the most creative to earn additional funding. Make sure to tag @adventure_wv in your submission. 

  • WVU Campus Photo Challenge: This will occur  from 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. The top three units with the most tagged posts within that hour will receive additional funding. Any photo on campus or at the OEC would work perfectly. This challenge is where we can utilize our student workers as well as friends and family who have been on campus and engaged with our programming in the past.

  • Mountaineer Mascot Photo Challenge: Reply to the @WVUFoundation social media post at the top of the 2 p.m. hour on Facebook, X or Instagram with a photo of you and the Mountaineer Mascot (or your favorite WVU Mascot photo) and we’ll select three of the best to earn additional funding. Make sure to tag @adventure_wv in your submission. 
  • WVU Gear Kid Photo Challenge: There also is the WVU Gear Kid challenge between 4 and 5 p.m. on social, post a picture of your kid(s) in WVU gear on X or Instagram and the top three most creative posts will earn additional funding. 

  • WVU Gear Pet Photo Challenge: Finally, and between 7 and 8 p.m. there is a WVU Gear Pet Photo challenge. If you have any pictures of your pets or children in WVU Gear that you are willing to share, send them my way please!

  • Other Challenges & Social Ambassadors: In addition to the challenge presented above, many other challenges will be occurring throughout March 20th. We encourage everyone to browse these opportunities, and participate in whatever challenge they think might benefits our department. You can also sign-up to become a Fundraising Ambassador. By becoming an ambassadors, you'll be given access to additional tools, graphics and URL's to help raise additional funds. 
In general, you can post at any time between now and March 20th to help spread the word. Just encouraging folks within your circles to consider donating will be very much appreciated. 


Day of Giving Graphics