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MIT Needs DAPER and DAPER Needs You !
Athletics' New Season - 1000 student athletes
Giving's New Goal - 4000 alumni donations
The start of the season brings new excitement, with more than 1000 student athletes ready to take on the competition in more than 700 events. Check the game schedule - you're always welcome to attend - and keep track of the scores. Many of our teams host Alumni Games, so come back and play again. Even when you're not in the stands, your donations help support sports at MIT.
In fact, your support helps the entire MIT community. Ninety-six percent of our students use the athletics facilities, from second-semester seniors trying to pass the swim test to freshmen playing a club sport for the first time. The Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center continues to transform the campus life, serving an average of 13,000 patrons a week. Supporting_athletics_at_MIT (pdf) describes in more detail the value DAPER adds to the MIT educational experience and the ways your major gift can sustain and enhance the program.Many of the alumni who played sports here at MIT "stay on the team" by donating to DAPER funds (Unrestricted funds give us the most flexibility. Designated funds are a great way to express appreciation to a specific sport.) Many join the "Friends of DAPER," started by Don Shobrys '75 and Mike Schoen '87, and we could never have come this far without the "Friends" deep support. If you would like more information or would like to get involved with the MIT Friends of DAPER, send e-mail to friendsofdaper@mit.edu.
New Goal - How You Can Help
Deep Support - Broad Support
DAPER really needs you:
16,000 Varsity & Club Alumni
1740 DAPER Donor Alumni
Consider giving $120 per year.
That's only $10 per month!But for broad support, we need everyone's help.
We have a new goal - we want to hear from all of the alumni who used DAPER for PE who took a class such as lifeguarding or CPR, or who just used the facility for a stress relieving workout. We are looking for 4000 alumni to give at least $120 on an annual basis. Please donate now!
More "Friends of DAPER"
What Your Gift Supports
$50
Rifle team earplugs for a year
5 dozen tennis balls
1 game ball for football
$100
1 basketball player's jersey
1 home sailing contest
8 pairs of volleyball kneepads$250
Grips for gynmastics team
One oar for crew
$500
Softball home doubleheader
Gynmastics home meet vs. Brown
2 Hockey nets
$1000
Soccer balls for the season
10 epee blades for fencers
Women's Cross Country membership
$2500
One ski meet
6 sail covers
24 Field Hockey sticks
Many of you already have stepped up to the plate. Other alumni have given generously to help us resurface the track, build locker rooms, endow coaching positions and support other critical needs. And just as important are the more than $400,000 in expendable gifts we receive each year from annual giving, which provide an invaluable source of funds that help pay for operations, equipment, team travel and more.
Join the team again! Click to give now through the Alumni Association Secure On-Line Gift Form . Gifts of all sizes are appreciated.
We hope you will join fellow advocates for athletics at MIT to ensure that our sports and fitness resources remain worthy of our remarkable students.
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