Mizzou Giving Day this year is between noon on Wednesday March 10 to noon on Thursday, March 11.  The  Mizzou Alumni Association is challenging the local chapters to fund raise for student scholarships.  The money raised will be deposited in the organization’s spendable scholarship account.

Guidelines:

• Up to $100 will be matched for each unique donor.
• The minimum contribution amount per donor is $10.
• Gifts larger than $100 are encouraged, but only the first $100 per donor will be matched.
• Donations must be designated to an eligible affiliated MAA organization. Direct link to Great River Tigers Giving Day   https://tinyurl.com/GivingDayGRT
• The matching limit is applied to the individual donor that makes the gift. Gifts made on behalf of another person are welcome, but the matching limit will apply                 to the person making the donation. A husband and wife may each make a $100 donation and use the same credit card.

Great River Tigers gives out a number of scholarships each year.  One of our scholarship winners is featured below.

• • • Name: Amelia Jones
    • Hometown: Palmyra, MO
    • Major: Business Management
    • Quote:  While I still have to have a job while at school to pay for rent, this scholarship has helped me cover my tuition costs. I’ve been able to attend more social events, be more engaged in my classes, and be on leadership teams because this scholarship covered my heavier expenses. Without this scholarship, I would have missed out on many of these experiences that I am extremely grateful for.

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The Great River Chapter of the Mizzou Alumni Association has announced the winners of the six $1000 scholarships.  The winners of the scholarships for incoming freshmen are Faith Boylen, Mt. Sterling, Il; Amy Bryan, Palmyra, Mo; Emma Deien, Hannibal, Mo; and Ashlyn Eisele, Perry, MO.

Returning students who received a scholarships are Delaney Miller , Paris, Mo and Aubry Boulware, Canton, MO.

The Mizzou Alumni Association is continuing the challenge to support student scholarships which was supposed to occur on Giving Day.  For every 10 unique donors to participating alumni groups, MAA will unlock an additional $500 contribution from the Mizzou Alumni Association.  This is a great opportunity to support the Great River Tigers Alumni Group scholarship fund

In order to count toward the Scholarship Challenge, gifts must be made –

      • Online until June 12 ,2020    https://tinyurl.com/ydepnyh3

        Make sure you donate to Great River Tigers.

Guidelines:

• There is no limit to the matching contributions that groups can unlock.

• The minimum contribution amount per donor is $10.

• Each unique donor is counted once per organization.

• Individual donors from the same household who share banking/credit card info will count as unique donors. o Example: Stephanie and Alex are married alumni who share a bank account. Stephanie makes a gift of $25; Alex makes a separate $25 gift. They count as two unique donors to that organization.

• Donations made on behalf of others will not be counted in the challenge.

The Great River Tigers Alumni Association main mission is to award scholarships to Mizzou students.  Last year GRT gave out $12,000 in scholarships to 17 students.  This included 7 $1000 merit scholarships to incoming freshmen and returning students and 10 $500 luck of the draw scholarships given out at our Summer Send-Off.  Abbey Laws was a returning students who received a merit scholarship.