  {"id":231840,"date":"2026-04-08T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=231840"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:23:38","slug":"its-uh-giving-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/08\/its-uh-giving-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-2.jpg\" alt=\"large group of students, dog and U H giving day\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation is calling on the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;ohana<\/span>&#8212;including alumni, friends and community members&#8212;to participate in <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day on April 8, a 24-hour effort to support students and research across the 10-campus system.<\/p>\n<p>Gifts of any size will directly remove financial barriers for students, expand hands-on learning and advance research addressing <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> most pressing needs, from healthcare and education to environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dolan, Hensel, Syrmos and Elliott holding U H giving day sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-231925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Philanthropy offers critical support for our students, faculty and staff, and assists <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> in serving communities across our state,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> President Wendy Hensel. &ldquo;Giving Day highlights the vital role our supporters play in expanding opportunity and sustaining the university\u2019s mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To further increase that impact, Hensel has personally created a special systemwide challenge: when 1,500 donors make a contribution to any project across the 10 campuses, her $15,000 challenge gift will be unlocked to directly benefit the <a href=\"https:\/\/give.uhfoundation.org\/campaigns\/63435\/donations\/new?designation_id=20198313&#038;utm_campaign=26AGM&#038;\">University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Scholarship Endowment<\/a> fund. Donors can also take advantage of other matching gifts applied to a wide range of specific campus initiatives.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To learn more or to make a gift, <a href=\"https:\/\/give.uhfoundation.org\/uh-giving-day-2026\">visit Giving Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Critical timing<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"students and U H giving day\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-231926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Giving Day arrives at a critical time. As flooding affects communities across <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, urgent student relief is a top priority. Your involvement now helps ensure support reaches students quickly, when it can make the greatest difference.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the event, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation will share real-time progress, campus updates and student stories across its social media platforms with the hashtag &#35;4糖心Vlog官方Giving Day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Giving Day is about coming together as a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;ohana<\/span> to invest in the people and programs that matter most,&rdquo; said Tim Dolan, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation <abbr title=\"chief executive officer\">CEO<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"vice president\">VP<\/abbr> of Advancement for <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>. &ldquo;When our community unites around a shared purpose, the collective impact of every gift&#8212;no matter the size&#8212;is amplified.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-4.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa dental hygiene student waving signs\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-4.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-4-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urgent student relief and a $15,000 challenge highlight this crucial statewide effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":231927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,71,1726,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-231840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-giving-day","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/system-giving-day-2026-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231935,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231840\/revisions\/231935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}