{"id":713,"date":"2021-11-23T10:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=713"},"modified":"2022-01-31T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:54:15","slug":"motivations-to-give-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/motivations-to-give-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Motivations to Give Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Raised by two philanthropic parents, Katie Garcia, DDS&#8217;10 has always been inclined to give back to the organizations that have helped her become who she is today. Dr. Garcia shares more about her motivations to support UNMC through financial gifts in this week&#8217;s Connections Project Blog video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motivations to Give Back\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJ__qbAX_uQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to the alumni and friends who have provided gifts to the <a href=\"https:\/\/unmcfund.org\/\">UNMC Innovation Funds<\/a>. Your gifts help support academic excellence and innovation by providing opportunities to students, supporting the people and programs of your alumni association, upgrading technology, funding White Coat ceremonies, enhancing new, innovative programs and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we give because we care.\u00a0Your contributions, no matter the size, are critical to our\u00a0students\u2019 success. Your participation counts \u2013\u00a0<strong>we can\u2019t do this without you<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raised by two philanthropic parents, Katie Garcia, DDS&#8217;10 has always been inclined to give back to the organizations that have helped her become who she is today. Dr. Garcia shares more about her motivations to support UNMC through financial gifts in this week&#8217;s Connections Project Blog video. 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