UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 32, Page 8
May 21, 1992
Record levels of giving reflect employee support

     University of Delaware employees have made a strong investment in
the current and future University, based on the year-to-date's record
level of giving.
     As of April 30, current and retires employees had contributed
close to $450,000 this fiscal year, according to Wanda Simons,
coordinator of annual giving.
     "The 1991-92 giving year was the first for a comprehensive
employee annual campaign to seek gifts for the current operations of
the University," she said, "and gifts were received in support of more
than 60 academic areas, student activities and programs.
     "Most employee donors used payroll deduction," Simons said.
     When the fiscal year ends June 30, gifts through payroll
deduction will be transferred, and donors will receive a gift
acknowledgment for the amount deducted since Jan. 1, she explained.

New giving campaign to begin

     Enrollment materials for the 1992-93 Employee Annual Campaign
will be distributed through Campus Mail before the end of the
semester, John M. Clayton, Jr., assistant director of development,
said.
     "Employee contributions of time and expertise are valued deeply,"
he said, "and support through dollar contributions is a further
indication of commitment.
     "Gifts from alumni, friends, corporations, foundations and
organizations are arriving at an ever-increasing pace," Clayton said,
"and generous employee giving is a further validation of the high
regard held for the University by its own."
     The Employee Annual Campaign is entirely voluntary. Employees
should feel no pressure from supervisors to contribute, and gifts may
be made anonymously, if desired.
     As with the current giving campaign, the 1992-93 effort will
offer may options for designating gifts, as well as ways to give,
including convenient payroll deduction, pledges for later payment and
outright gifts, according to Wanda Simons, coordinator of annual
giving.
     Payroll deduction authorization should be handled promptly, she
advised, to ensure that the first pay day of the new fiscal and giving
year (July 15) will show the desired deduction.
     "Surely we recognize both need and opportunity around us," Simons
said. "By participationg in the Employee Annual Campaign, we can help
provide funds for departmental projects, scholarships or student
activities. I believe that employee donors feel involved and even more
connected to the University.
     "We look forward to increasing the resources available to all
areas of the University as a result of new donors using the payroll
deduction process in 1992-93," Simons said.
     For more information on the Employee Annual Campaign, contact
Simons at 831-2104.