Ways To Help!
April 7, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland athletics department announced Friday, 4/06, a new fund-raising plan for the Save Our Sports campaign for women’s water polo.
Through collaborative efforts with supporters of the water polo program, adjusted fund-raising goals have been set. The adjusted plan includes benchmarks that would need to be met in order to extend.
The fund-raising timeline will be extended to Dec. 31, 2012 to raise $2,102,683, provided cash gifts are deposited in the University of Maryland, College Park Foundation account totaling $1,051,341 by June 30, 2012.
You can help us to avoid program elimination for Maryland Water Polo by…
- MAKE A DONATION NOW, either online or by mail or fax. No donation is too large or too small
Further, the eight-year total goal of $4,205,366 would be due by Dec. 31, 2013. The goal to establish the full endowment necessary to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability remains in place. The full endowment amount of $13.1 million will be due by June 2020.
If the campaign is unsuccessful and the team is eliminated, all affected student-athletes will retain their scholarships through to graduation and all coaching contracts will be honored. For those student-athletes who wish to transfer, all due assistance will be provided.
- Terps -
Teams will work to raise funds independently, but in order for the University of Maryland to continue to comply with the non-negotiable requirements of the federal Title IX law, to save a men’s program, we must also reach the fund raising goal for a women’s program with similar squad size and scholarship commitments, and vice versa.
Make your gift to SAVE MARYLAND WATER POLO today. If you’d like to speak with a staff member about your gift intentions, contact Julie Potter at (301) 314-7077 or potter@umd.edu.
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