Scholarship Day
April 9-10 is Hood's 2025 Scholarship Day!
During this exciting 36 hours*, donors participate with gifts to the College to ensure opportunities for every Hood student through unrestricted scholarships and financial aid. Their academic studies are enhanced through the generosity of hundreds of individuals to the College’s Hood Fund.
*Scholarship Day begins at noon on April 9 and will conclude at midnight on April 10.
Battle of the Decade Challenge: the decade with the most participants gets all the bragging rights!
Join 30 challengers from all decades (1950s to 2020s) and beyond with their leading participation of $69,580 in challenge gifts, to reach a goal of 300 donors when you make a contribution in support of Scholarship Day, directly supporting Hood students and the campus.
Gifts of all Sizes Make a Difference.
See what scholarship means to the Hood community:
2024 WINNER:
Click the Decades below to meet the lead Challengers!
Also, learn about this year's Power Hours.
Special thanks to Mary Atwell in the Hood Archives for the photographic blasts from the past; see each decade below!
Throughout the 36 hours, we'll have select power hours, where your gift is matched with more than $45,000 in contributions from Hood College Trustees and Board of Associates members from various decades and constituencies.
Watch your email and social media for details!
Tonya Thomas Finton '78
Susan Gearey '79
Linda Hecklinger Procter '81
Marcy Goldberg Taylor '81
Philip W. Bowers '83
Ruth Ravitz Smith '83
Jewel K. Smith '96
Jennifer Stange Knieriem '03
Derrick Harrigan '07, MBA '14
Phillip A. Yerby-Ford '11
Matthew C. McGreevy P'21
Margaret Mitchell Kline '55 challenges alumnae from the 1950s to participate.
Barbara Casey Ruffino '65, P'99 challenges 25 alumnae from the 1960s to participate.
Elaine Hubert '70 and Ann Thomas Phillips '75 challenge at least 35 alumni to participate from the 1970s.
Susan Bond Kearney '85 and Karen Elm Wirth '85 challenge at least 35 alumni to participate from the 1980s.
Christine Butler Carlson '90 and Carla Jackson Hairston '90 challenge at least 30 alumni to participate from the 1990s.
Jennifer Lidie Babu '00, Lisa Zaleski-Lasen '01, Margaret Laabs Piccone '02,and Christina Ecke Poyer '03 challenge at least 30 alumni to participate from the 2000s.
Alyssa Moore '10 and Brigid Ayer-Luttrell '15 challenge at least 30 alumni to participate from the 2010s.
Sarah Sardina '23, Faith Kiser '24, and Holly Tabor & Eric Wilfrid P'27 challenge at least 50 individuals from the 2020s and beyond (including '20s alumni, current students, friends, parents, and grandparents!).
Ashley Coen, Sang Kim, Jeffrey Whipp '12, M.S. '15, M.S. '20, P'23 and '26, and Diane Wise challenge 40 Hood employees to participate during the 36 hours of giving!
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