{"487701":{"#nid":"487701","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Employees Give More Than $350,000 to State Campaign","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDuring the 2015 Charitable Campaign, the Tech community once again showed its community-minded nature with generous contributions to nonprofits that will help people around the state of Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThis year, 1,135 individuals contributed or pledged a total of $351,604. This is the second-highest total fundraising amount for the annual campaign.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ETech employees gave to 390 charitable organizations. Top recipients were the American Cancer Society, Atlanta Community Food Bank, Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, and United Way of Greater Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cOn behalf of the Campaign leadership team, I want to express appreciation to everyone who contributed this year, and to the ambassadors across campus who represented the Campaign in their units,\u201d said Joe Hughes, campaign chair and professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u201cEvery contribution, whether $1 or $1,000, will benefit people throughout the state and assist in meeting their specific needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p6\u0022\u003ELearn more about at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ewww.charitable.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThis year, 1,135 individuals contributed or pledged a total of $351,604. This is the second-highest total fundraising amount for the annual campaign.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This year, 1,135 individuals contributed or pledged a total of $351,604. This is the second-highest total fundraising amount for the annual campaign."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-01-19 13:03:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"244801":{"id":"244801","type":"image","title":"Charitable Campaign Logo","body":null,"created":"1449243722","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:02","changed":"1509375428","gmt_changed":"2017-10-30 14:57:08","alt":"Charitable Campaign Logo","file":{"fid":"228000","name":"charitablecampaign.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30261,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg?itok=kZ70XhrQ"}}},"media_ids":["244801"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/charitable.gatech.edu\/","title":"2014 Charitable Campaign"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2094","name":"charitable campaign"},{"id":"6989","name":"Georgia State Charitable Contributions Program"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.ediu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}