By: Sarah  Bacon

Congratulations to 2017 Giving Tuesday Commonwealth Campus Library Leader, Penn State York’s Lee R. Glatfelter Library!

Led by Barb Eshbach, the Glatfelter Library team embraced the charge to elevate Commonwealth Campus Library (CCL) involvement in the 2017 Giving Tuesday campaign. As the winner of the Get 5 and Most Donors CCL challenges, we are happy to present them with a $1,000 award. These funds will be used to purchase educational resources and textbooks for their course reserves.

2017 Giving Tuesday highlights (full summary attached):
$32,000.03 raised ($20,000 was the goal)
141 total gifts (100 was the goal)
18 first-time donors
39 GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) donors
37 gifts via Commonwealth Campus Libraries
14 from York
6 from Altoona
5 from Hazleton
12 from Abington, World Campus, Great Valley, DuBois, Harrisburg, and Scranton

Watch this video of students saying thank you to our Giving Tuesday donors (note: grand totals were updated after production.)

Thank YOU to ALL who participated and gave of your time, support and/or resources.  Mark your calendars for 2018 Giving Tuesday – Nov. 27!