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T. Greg Doucette

***** NCSU LIBRARIES T. GREG DOUCETTE ENDOWMENT FUNDRAISING THREAD ***** Sooooo we're officially a go for this thing, happening over the next ~22 hours! Though it's going to be a bit shambolic because nothing seems to go smoothly with anything philanthropic I do 🤪

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T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

Before getting into the background, let's cover how to donate 1️⃣ Online Donations You *must* use this link below, which should show up as going to the Libraries' clearing account Screenshots below of what you should see. Note the "CLEARING – Libraries"!! ➡️ dayofgiving.ncsu.edu/donate?campa...

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

The reason for the bootlegged URL with tracking info is because it's apparently not possible to link a Fund until it's endowed. Which seems like a design flaw! But so it goes All donations via that link go toward what I match (more on that below)

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

2️⃣ DAFs / paper checks If you want to donate through a Donor-Advised Fund, paper check, or similar "old-fashioned way," send to: NC State University Foundation Inc c/o Katelan Haynes NC State University Libraries Campus Box 7111 Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 Memo: "T. Greg Doucette Libraries Endowment"

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

The EIN for the NCSU Foundation is 56-6049503

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

*** THE MATCHING *** I'm personally going to match every single dollar that gets donated until the NCSU Day of Giving ends at 11:59p EDT today (up to $75K 🫣) If you donate via check / DAF / etc, I need you to DM me that you've donated and the amount so I can include it in the totals 😅

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

If anyone wants to join me in matching, you're certainly welcome to do so! 😄 But since this is a pet project of mine, I'm only shaking folks down for donations

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

*** THE BACKGROUND *** I posted a bit about the origins of this effort -- including it getting delayed last year because of the Papaya POTUS -- in this thread awhile back bsky.app/profile/greg...

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T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

Before continuing with the background, I need someone who's donated online to let me know if it worked or not I tried doing a test donation and can't get it to work (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

Gonna try my test donation again once I'm back from my nightly walk / cardio-burning

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

Alright test donation worked 😄 So instead I will post while I walk

T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

Yep! Her daughter absolutely adores Biscuit and begs to come over so she can walk him 🥰 bsky.app/profile/warr...

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T. Greg Doucette 17h ago

Scratch the posting while walking, too dark and I'm gonna crash into someone Back in about 4 miles

T. Greg Doucette 14h ago

So I hinted at my motivations for donating to the NCSU Libraries a few posts up (in that quoted thread from awhile ago), but it essentially comes down to D.H. Hill Library being a safe space in the days right after I became a homeless college dropout

T. Greg Doucette 14h ago

For folks who prefer a narrated instead of a typed version, the Libraries had a special project they called the Student Leadership Initiative ~11 years ago and the videos are online -- you can see mid-30s me talk about dropping out and using the Libraries to stay sane 🤪 youtu.be/aGIT_pCusyU?...

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T. Greg Doucette 13h ago

I'm not just posting the video because it's late here and I have to go to bed 😂 It's also a more-reliable narration than what I'd post here, because my memory is 💩 now lol

T. Greg Doucette 5h ago

***** THE PURPOSE ***** Donations will be going to a part of the Libraries called "Special Collections" – basically the section that deals with unique / rare / historical stuff This particular fund will support acquisitions related to "the student experience" instead of the usual academic stuff

T. Greg Doucette 3h ago

Basically anyone from any student group will be able to submit their group's records (yearbooks, flyers, etc) and the Libraries will set up a perpetual space for storage and curation

T. Greg Doucette 3h ago

(Sorry for the super-long delay between posts, dealing with the 6-hour time zone difference plus work. It's a mess.)

T. Greg Doucette 3h ago

Thank you fam, appreciate you! bsky.app/profile/jame...

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T. Greg Doucette 2h ago

Greatly appreciated, thank you! bsky.app/profile/lady...

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*twitches in Advancement Services procedures* Yes, this is not ideal.

Also, donation in because yay for libraries!