{"id":1145,"date":"2023-12-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2023-12-06T08:35:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:35:59","slug":"the-importance-of-giving-back-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/the-importance-of-giving-back-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Giving Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/10\/Carol-Swarts-QG.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carol Swarts, MD \u201859, shares her thoughts on the importance of giving back to the University of Nebraska and your community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t work for anything or don\u2019t give it back, it doesn\u2019t mean as much. I consider myself a caretaker, and I feel like I owe Nebraska. I was born here, but also, part of my undergraduate and medical school education was successful because of generous donors who contributed their money to the schools and to support education. Because of that, I now want to give back too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in giving back to UNMC, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/unmcfund.org\/\">here<\/a>. For more blog content, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/voicedwhispering.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\" KdkCRaRPb G f \"><!--  KdkCRaRPb G f  --><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carol Swarts, MD \u201859, shares her thoughts on the importance of giving back to the University of Nebraska and your community.&nbsp; \u201cIf you don\u2019t work for anything or don\u2019t give it back, it doesn\u2019t mean as much. I consider myself a caretaker, and I feel like I owe Nebraska. I was born here, but also, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46,41],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mentorship","category-philanthropy","category-why-unmc","tag-unmcalumni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Importance of Giving Back - Alumni Association - Connections Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carol Swarts, MD&#039;59, shares her thoughts on giving back to the University of Nebraska and how the benefits come full circle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/the-importance-of-giving-back-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Importance of Giving Back - 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