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<Title>Our Giving Day Goal: 100 Donors</Title>
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    <p><span>On UMBC Giving Day, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends will join the #BlackandGoldRush by giving to their favorite UMBC designations, and by inspiring others to give. </span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Kevin Joseph '87 </span></strong><span>and a UMBC Employee will donate <strong>$1,000</strong> to Retriever Essentials when Retriever Essentials receives <strong>100 donors</strong>. His generosity reflects an example of a true UMBC value - of care and commitment. </span></p>
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    <p><span>All gifts - no matter the size - add up. Four years ago, Retriever Essentials started from the trunk of a car when the founding members began distributing food to people who would visit them in a parking lot. </span></p>
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    <p><span>Your contribution has an impact. </span><span></span></p>
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    <p><span>Thus, we invite you to join the drive to support Retriever Essentials in accepting Kevin’s challenge and become one of <strong>our first 100 donors</strong>. On Feb 27<sup>th</sup>, Thursday, please visit </span><span><a href="https://givingday.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://givingday.umbc.edu</a></span><span> to make a gift to Retriever Essentials. </span></p>
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<Summary>On UMBC Giving Day, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends will join the #BlackandGoldRush by giving to their favorite UMBC designations, and by inspiring others to give.      Kevin Joseph...</Summary>
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<Title>It's Save-a-Swipe Time!</Title>
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    <h5><em><span>Sign up to donate your excess meals until </span>Feb 14, 2020, Friday. </em></h5>
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    <h5><span><em>Click <a href="https://dineoncampus.com/UMBC/save-a-swipe--retriever-essentials" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> or go to the link below to make your donation. </em></span></h5>
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    <div class="html-content">Interested in learning about the many treasures that the UMBC Library <br>has to offer? We are coming to you with some tips on how to get them. <br>Meet us at Chick-fil-A, at the UC, on 03/29 at 11:30-12:30.</div>
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