{"id":26666,"date":"2026-09-17T13:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=26666"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:19:09","slug":"grab-free-lunch-udm-swag-at-thank-a-donor-day-sept-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/09\/17\/grab-free-lunch-udm-swag-at-thank-a-donor-day-sept-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab free lunch, UDM swag at Thank-a-Donor Day, Sept. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank A Donor Day takes place <strong>Tuesday, Sept. 22<\/strong>, from <strong>12:30-2 p.m.<\/strong> in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Several activities are planned to educate students about how alumni and friends of Detroit Mercy enrich all aspects of the University. Students can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a thank-you note to a donor and receive a free lunch.<\/li>\n<li>Create a photo or video message to thank donors and be entered into a drawing for a $25 Visa gift card!<\/li>\n<li>Participate in fun games to test skill and UDM philanthropic knowledge and earn Detroit Mercy swag!<\/li>\n<li>Hunt for one of four plushies wearing Titans swag belonging to Tommy Titan on the McNichols Campus and choose which Detroit Mercy fund will receive a gift from an anonymous donor \u2014 and keep the plushie!<\/li>\n<li>Wear Detroit Mercy or Titan apparel for an extra chance to win prizes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/giving\/thankadonor.php\">Full info!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-26637 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?resize=993%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Thank a Donor Day graphic that features photos of the McNichols Campus, including food and Tommy Titan, as well as the clock tower. The date reads, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 12:30-2 p.m., Fountain Lounge of the Student Union, also featuring a QR code.\" width=\"993\" height=\"559\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?resize=978%2C550&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/DM-Donor-Day-Signage-2026-FINAL.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 993px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 993\/559;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank A Donor Day takes place Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 12:30-2 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union. Take part in activities to help you learn how alumni and friends of Detroit Mercy enrich all aspects of the University, receive a free lunch and earn prizes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":26638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[6117],"class_list":["post-26666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccnews","category-student-announcements","tag-thank-a-donor-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6W6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/Campus-Connection-headline-photo-Thank-a-Donor-Day-2026.png?fit=1177%2C536&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26671,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26666\/revisions\/26671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}