Augusta University kicks off annual fundraising campaign

Augusta University will launch its first annual IGIVE fundraising campaign next month with three Employee Campaign Kickoff Celebrations.

People on the Health Sciences campus will be able to give on either Aug. 9 or Aug. 25 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. On Aug. 9, donation stations will be located at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia Fountain and on the Terrace Green between the medical center and behind Professional Building 1. For those wanting to give on Aug. 25, make your donations in the Health Sciences Building Lobby, the J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons Lobby and the Annex 1 Parking Lot.

Those on the Summerville Campus will be able to give on Aug. 23 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the Summerville Grove.

Other IGIVE festivities include the Community Campaign Kickoff Luncheon, the Eat for Augusta U event and Russell Blanchard Distinguished Lecturer in Ethics. The campaign will culminate on Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. with the fundraising total being announced during the Augusta U Brew-N-Que in the D. Douglas Barnard, Jr. Amphitheatre.

IGIVE is the annual campaign for giving to Augusta University and AUHealth. Gifts are directed to benefit any of the university’s nine colleges, the health system, university athletics, the Children’s Hospital of Georgia or other specific programs. For more information about the IGIVE campaign, visit augusta.edu/igive.