{"id":39,"date":"2018-05-08T17:29:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/?p=39"},"modified":"2018-05-08T19:04:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T19:04:51","slug":"all-hands-on-deck-for-the-alumni-participation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/article-no-hero\/all-hands-on-deck-for-the-alumni-participation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"All Hands on Deck for the Alumni Participation Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"noborder aligncenter wp-image-46 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/challange-hero2.jpg\" alt=\"All Hands on Deck\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/challange-hero2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/challange-hero2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<h1>All Hands on Deck for the Alumni Participation Challenge<\/h1>\n<p>The California, Maine, Massachusetts, and SUNY Maritime Academies are competing to see who can capture the greatest number of gifts from their alumni, May 7-21.<\/p>\n<p>Every alumni gift during this time counts toward helping Maine Maritime Academy lead the way and win.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not about which school raises the most money, it\u2019s who finishes with the greatest alumni participation in giving (we can count only one gift per alumnus\/a during the two-week challenge). Make a gift online, by phone, by mail or in person\u2026every gift counts!<\/p>\n<h3>The Stakes<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Winning School:<\/strong> Awarded with a trophy to display for one year. (The school in last place will be tasked with creating the trophy with approval of design from the other schools.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Losing Schools:<\/strong> Presidents have to wear the logo of the winning school during morning formation.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maritime.edu\/challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/support-mma\/giving-to-mma\/online-donation\/\">Make a Donation<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Participation and the Annual Fund Count<\/h3>\n<p>Each alumnus\/a who contributes to the Maritime Challenge increases the overall participation rate that\u2019s vital to success for the MMA Annual Fund <em>and<\/em> the Alfond Challenge where increased alumni participation can yield $750,000 for scholarships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/support-mma\/annual-fund\/\">MMA Annual Fund<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"noborder aligncenter wp-image-46 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/challange-hero2.jpg\" alt=\"All Hands on Deck\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/challange-hero2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/05\/challange-hero2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nAll Hands on Deck for the Alumni Participation Challenge<\/p>\n<p>The California, Maine, Massachusetts, and SUNY Maritime Academies are competing to see who can capture the greatest number of gifts from their alumni, May 7-21.<\/p>\n<p>Every alumni gift during this time counts toward helping Maine Maritime Academy lead the way and win.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not about which school raises the most money, it\u2019s who finishes with the greatest alumni participation in giving (we can count only one gift per alumnus\/a during the two-week challenge). Make a gift online, by phone, by mail or in person\u2026every gift counts!<\/p>\n<p>The Stakes<\/p>\n<p>Winning School: Awarded with a trophy to display for one year. (The school in last place will be tasked with creating the trophy with approval of design from the other schools.)<\/p>\n<p>Losing Schools: Presidents have to wear the logo of the winning school during morning formation.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maritime.edu\/challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/support-mma\/giving-to-mma\/online-donation\/\">Make a Donation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participation and the Annual Fund Count<\/p>\n<p>Each alumnus\/a who contributes to the Maritime Challenge increases the overall participation rate that\u2019s vital to success for the MMA Annual Fund <em>and<\/em> the Alfond Challenge where increased alumni participation can yield $750,000 for scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>Latest update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/support-mma\/annual-fund\/\">MMA Annual Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/article-no-hero\/all-hands-on-deck-for-the-alumni-participation-challenge\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-may-2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}