Meredith College’s sixth annual Make It Count for Meredith 24 Hour Giving Day was held on February 23, 2021. Here is the day by the numbers:
- Goal: $600,000
- Total Raised: $766,721
- Number of Donors: 2,694
- Strong Women and Changemakers Honored: 1,407
- Class Years Represented: 79
- States and Countries Represented: 38 States and 3 Countries
- Time of Day when Most Gifts Received:
- Member posts within the Alumnae Facebook Group: 313
- Number of likes and loves on member posts within the alumnae Facebook page: 19,878
Photo with the Largest Number of Likes: 755 (Thank you to Marva Watkins for posting this image.)
- Number of Pet Bandanas Distributed: 390, primarily to cats and dogs, but to one turtle named Earl. Earl belongs to Cynthia Simmons Messimore, ‘99
