Basketball Alumni Offer $25K in Challenge

Members of 1978-79 men’s basketball conference championship and Hall of Fame team are providing $25,000 as a matching gift challenge to support the men’s basketball program.

The matching gift challenge runs through Dec. 31 and is designed to help generate much needed support for operations, recruitment and scholarships for the program. The challenge applies to all gifts and commitments made to the Men’s Basketball Fund, which provides multipurpose support to meet the rising needs of the program.

All one-time gifts to men’s basketball made by the end of the challenge will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000. For example, a gift of $500 would earn a match of $500, and the program gets $1,000 in total.

If the program has 20 recurring gifts established by Dec. 31, the program will receive a flat amount of $10,000 and the gift amount of the first year of the recurring gift schedule will also be matched dollar-for-dollar.

One-time and recurring gifts can be made at giveonline.truman.edu. Checks, made payable to Truman State University Foundation with “Men’s Basketball” in the memo line, can be sent to: Truman State University, Advancement Office, 100 E. Normal Ave., Kirksville, MO 63501-4221.