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Events

Interested in offering a Day of Giving match or challenge gift to inspire others to give? Contact IA@Bennett.edu. Match and challenge gifts start at $500 and can come from alumnae, friends, businesses, alumnae chapters, and more.

Past Events

Match

Early Bird Double Your Gift Match

Between midnight and noon on Tuesday, April 8, the Bennett College Board of Trustees will match all gifts from alumnae - our beloved Bennett Belles - to the Alumnae Annual Fund, dollar-for-dollar, up to $12,000.

$12,000 MATCHED

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Match

Rush Hour Challenge

Between 4:30pm and 6:30pm EST, the Bennett College Board of Trustees is issuing a 1:1 matching gift challenge up to $1,500 for all gifts made by alumnae to the Alumnae Annual Fund | Bennett Fund.

$1,500 MATCHED

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$500

Lunch Break Challenge

Donate over your lunch break and be part of releasing a challenge from the Bennett College Board of Trustees! If we receive 20 gifts between 12pm-1pm, it will unlock an additional $500 towards the Alumnae Annual Fund / Bennett Fund!

20 / 20 Gifts

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Who is Uniting to #RingtheBellforBennett?

The Bennett Community is vast and includes our Bennett Belles (past and present), faculty, staff, families, friends, and community members. We are so grateful to all who have united to #RingtheBellforBennett

Please Select All of Your Bennett College Affiliations

Rank	Answer	Donors
1	Friend of Bennett College	149
2	Alumna	149
3	Family of a Bennett Alumna	20
4	Staff (current)	13
5	Staff (former)	5
6	Faculty (current)	5
7	Board of Trustees (former)	4
8	Current Student	3
9	Faculty (former)	3
10	Family of a Bennett Student	3
11	Board of Trustees (current)	1

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Funds Supported for Day of Giving 2025

Check out giving to each of our funds!! You can split your gift between multiple funds on Day of Giving.

Rank	Department	Raised
1	Alumnae Annual Fund \| Bennett Fund (Gen. Op.)	$79,678.00
2	Women of Color: Ready for the World Fund	$4,440.00
3	Student Emergency Fund	$4,382.10
4	Campus Preservation Fund	$1,825.00
5	Well Belle Initiatives (Health & Wellness)	$835.00

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Match

Faculty & Staff Giving Challenge

President Suzanne E. Walsh will match all faculty and staff gifts, dollar-for-dollar, up to $1,500 to the Alumnae Annual Fund / Bennett Fund. Thank you in advance to Team Bennett for heeding the call to #RingtheBellforBennett!

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$1,000

100 Years as a Women's College Donor Challenge

In early celebration of Bennett College’s 100th Year as a Women's College (est. 1926), the Bennett College Board of Trustees will release $1,000 into the Alumnae Annual Fund / Bennett Fund when we reach 100 donors #RingtheBellforBennett

100 / 100 Donors

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$1,500

Board of Trustees Donor Challenge x2

We’ve shattered today's matches and challenges, so the Bennett College Board of Trustees is issuing a final donor challenge! They will release $1,500 into the Alumnae Annual Fund / Bennett Fund if we reach 250 donors by midnight. #RingtheBellforBennett

250 / 250 Donors

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Freshwoman Hall Leaderboard by Donors

Bennett Belles, which Freshwoman Hall will emerge on top? Make a gift to help get your Freshwoman Hall to the top of the leaderboard! In addition to bragging rights, thanks to a challenge from the Board of Trustees, the Freshwoman Hall with the highest number of donors on Day of Giving will have $500 released into the Alumnae Annual Fund in their honor. #RingtheBellforBennett #BennettBellesGive #BennettBellesDoItWell

Bennett Belles, where did you live on campus your Freshwoman Year at Bennett?

Rank	Answer	Donors
1	Jones Hall	28
2	Barge Hall	20
3	Pfeiffer Hall	19
4	Reynolds Hall	3
5	Merner Hall	3
6	Kent Hall	1

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Day of Giving Priority Funds

Alumnae Annual Fund | Bennett Fund (Gen. Op.)

Well Belle Initiatives (Health & Wellness)

Women of Color: Ready for the World Fund

Student Emergency Fund

Campus Preservation Fund

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