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T. Greg Doucette 11h ago

***** 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 10h 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 10h 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

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 10h ago

The EIN for the NCSU Foundation is 56-6049503

T. Greg Doucette 10h 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 10h 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 10h 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 10h 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 10h ago

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

T. Greg Doucette 10h ago

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

T. Greg Doucette 10h 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 10h ago

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

T. Greg Doucette 7h 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 7h 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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NCSU Student Leadership Initiative Uncut: T. Greg Doucette (2 of 8)

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T. Greg Doucette 7h 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