#GivingTuesday 2023

What an amazing start to #GivingTuesday! Because of three former presidents – Former Fraternity President Laura Ware Doerre (Delta Xi/North Carolina), Former Theta Foundation President Mary Ellen Kutsenda Fitzsimonds (Beta Kappa/Drake), and Former Fraternity President Mandy Burgett Wushinske (Zeta Sigma/Ohio Northern) – every gift up to $15,000 was matched dollar-for-dollar beginning at 6am Eastern, so an additional $15,000 was added to our GivingTuesday total. Generously made possible by: • Laura Ware Doerre (Delta Xi/North Carolina) • Mary Ellen Kutsenda Fitzsimonds (Beta Kappa/Drake) • Mandy Burgett Wushinske (Zeta Sigma/Ohio Northern)

Thank you to everyone who gave $18.70 in honor of Theta's founding in 1870. Last year, we started the 1870 challenge inviting donors to give $18.70 in celebration of Kappa Alpha Theta’s founding and we had 145 donors answer the call. This year, we challenged 187 donors to give $18.70 and met our goal! By doing so, we unlocked an incredible $18,700. Your limited edition 1870 sticker will come to you in the mail! Generously made possible by: • April Brown (Eta Theta/Central Florida) • Stephanie Machen (Delta Kappa/LSU) • Beth Nagel Marcin (Delta Sigma/Ball State) • Cindy Heine Stellhorn (Beta/Indiana) • Kelly Wesley Taylor (Gamma Iota/Kentucky) • Cydney Stewart (Gamma Omicron/New Mexico)

Theta sisters joined together in celebration of the Theta Forever Fund by representing every US state and Canada on #GivingTuesday. Because we turned the US & Canada Theta Gold, $25,000 was added to our total! Generously made possible by: • Cate Lock Bibb (Gamma Phi/Texas Tech) • Laura Richardson Bright (Beta Tau/Denison) • TJ Flynn Condon (Epsilon Lambda/Dickinson) • Rachel Coulter (Zeta Theta/Cal Poly) • Jane Shepherd Dick (Epsilon Mu/Princeton) • Kellie Dickerson (Zeta Lambda/Charleston) • Aimee Billow Forsythe (Nu/Hanover) • Nicole Frank (Beta Theta/Idaho) • Nancy Milligan Frick (Alpha/DePauw) • Amy Hamilton (Delta/Illinois) • Leah Hartman (Nu/Hanover) • Kelley Galbreath Hurst (Beta Iota/Colorado) • Karen Albrecht Ledbetter (Gamma Tau/Tulsa) • Kim Harvey Looney (Delta Pi/Tennessee) • Erica D'Angelo Ochs (Eta Nu/Lake Forest) • Jenni Broughton Schmaltz (Gamma/Butler) • Tina Villarete Tran (Zeta Nu/UC Davis) • Cynthea Strube Yestal (Beta Chi/Alberta) • Lisa R. Youngers (Psi/Wisconsin)

Since GivingTuesday 2017, the largest number of total gifts made on a single GivingTuesday for Kappa Alpha Theta was 928 (in 2019). This year, we aimed to secure the largest number of gifts to Theta Foundation on a single GivingTuesday. We reached our goal of 929+ gifts on GivingTuesday and unlocked an additional $6,500. Generously made possible by: • Carryl Wischmeyer Krohne (Nu/Hanover) • Pat Doomar Mierse (Beta Nu/Florida State) • Beth Gregory St. Jean (Gamma Omega/Auburn)