{"592601":{"#nid":"592601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Wins Governor\u0027s Cup for Charitable Contributions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the 10th consecutive year, Georgia Tech employees have been recognized for their generosity through the State Charitable Contributions Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute received the 2017 Governor\u0026rsquo;s Cup, awarded annually to the state institution with the highest average contribution per employee in the statewide fundraising endeavor. Tech\u0026rsquo;s average contribution was $308.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are happy to have won again this year,\u0026rdquo; said Campaign Chair Leanne West, chief engineer for pediatric technologies and chief innovation officer in the Pediatric Technology Center. \u0026ldquo;The team worked really hard to make sure as many people as possible knew about the campaign. It really makes me proud to be part of such a giving community.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to winning the Governor\u0026rsquo;s Cup, Tech won the Governor\u0026rsquo;s Award for the highest level of participation, with 20 percent of employees contributing to the campaign. The Institute also won an award for the largest increase in total contributions; this year\u0026rsquo;s total contribution of $393,460.96 reflects a 10 percent increase since last year. This year\u0026rsquo;s campaign donation total broke an Institute record, previously set in 2014, and surpassed the campus goal of raising $375,000 by nearly $20,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has won the Governor\u0026rsquo;s Cup 15 out of the past 17 years for state agencies or universities with 1,001\u0026ndash;9,000 employees. A total of 1,279 people donated to the Campaign, which supports more than 1,300 worthy causes including support for cancer research, aid to families in need, and food for animals housed in shelters. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the upcoming year, Tech\u0026rsquo;s Charitable Campaign will be chaired by Chris Burke of Government and Community Relations. Bill Todd of the Scheller College of Business will be the co-chair for operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe State Charitable Contributions Program begins each fall and encourages employees to give via payroll deduction or through one-time gifts. Learn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/charitable.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Echaritable.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the 10th consecutive year, Georgia Tech employees have been recognized for their generosity through the State Charitable Contributions Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For the 10th consecutive year, Georgia Tech employees have been recognized for their generosity through the State Charitable Contributions Program."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:59:13","changed_gmt":"2017-06-12 13:59:13","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592599":{"id":"592599","type":"image","title":"Charitable Campaign 2017 Awards","body":null,"created":"1497275816","gmt_created":"2017-06-12 13:56:56","changed":"1497275816","gmt_changed":"2017-06-12 13:56:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225859","name":"Charitable 2017 cropped.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Charitable%202017%20cropped.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Charitable%202017%20cropped.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":715516,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Charitable%202017%20cropped.jpg?itok=nRujunlQ"}}},"media_ids":["592599"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/charitable.gatech.edu","title":"Charitable Campaign at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2094","name":"charitable campaign"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"},{"id":"10088","name":"BOR"},{"id":"3423","name":"employees"},{"id":"2284","name":"Giving"},{"id":"2096","name":"philanthropy"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"}],"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:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}