{"id":21350,"date":"2026-03-25T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:12:17","slug":"elizabethtown-college-receives-record-breaking-support-for-power-of-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/elizabethtown-college-receives-record-breaking-support-for-power-of-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Receives Record-Breaking Support for Power of One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College\u2019s community came together for a record-setting Power of One Day, Etown\u2019s annual 24-hour day of giving on Tuesday, March 24. The powerful celebration and outpouring of generosity led to <\/span><strong>2,400<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donors helping raise an incredible <\/span><strong>$813,059<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 the highest totals in Power of One Day history.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis year\u2019s remarkable Power of One Day success speaks to the strength of our community and is a powerful reminder of what it means to be Blue Jays,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider said. \u201cTogether, our impact is opening doors of opportunity for our students and ensuring they can pursue lives of purpose.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Power of One day provided donors an opportunity to give to the areas of the College they love most, supporting the people, programs, and places that make Etown exceptional. Donors supported more than 110 different areas of Etown, including academic departments, athletic teams, student clubs, and scholarship funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Highlights included donors from 40 states, spanning alumni and students who range from the class of 1959 to 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/ElizabethtownCollege\/power-of-one-day-2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21352\" src=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1.png 1920w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2026\/03\/4470M-PO1Day-RecapGraphic-1920x1080-v1-1080x608.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Power of One Day 2026 featured exciting giveaways and incentives, including a special dinner with President Betty Rider. Nearly $400,000<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in challenge and match dollars donated by generous alumni, parents, and friends of the College were unlocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2026 challenges included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">500 Total Donors unlocked $15,000 from Carol Metzler \u201977<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1,000 Total Donors unlocked $20,000 from Board of Trustees Chairman Mike \u201988 and Caryn \u201988 Spangler<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1,500 Total Donors unlocked $100,000 from Trustee Bob \u201990 and Susan \u201990 Sands\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2,240 Total Donors unlocked $100,000 from an anonymous member of the Class of 1981<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1,000 Athletics Donors unlocked a total of $20,000 from an anonymous member of the Ira R. Herr Athletic Hall of Fame; Hob \u201971 and Marilyn Kroesen; Rod Chamberlain \u201974 and Anne Findlay-Chamberlain; Joe &#8217;82 and Julie Harriger; and David Thompson &#8217;82<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">100 Student Donors unlocked $750 from from Andy &#8217;85 and Kathleen Keefer P&#8217;28<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">175 Faculty and Staff Donors unlocked $20,000 from former VP of Institutional Advancement David C. Beidleman and his wife, Renie<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">500 Alumni Donors in the Classes of 2000-2025 unlocked $20,000 from Ryan \u201900 and Schyler Heishman<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">250 #OneEtown Social Media Shares unlocked $10,000 from Alex \u201976 and Cindy Risser<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">125 Total Donors between the 10 to 11 a.m. Power Hour unlocked $15,000 from Trustee Tom McGonigle P\u201910, P\u201917<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">125 Total Donors between the 3 to 4 p.m. Bonus Power Hour unlocked $22,500 from Jim \u201973, H\u201924 and Mary Shreiner G\u201924<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">View more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/schools\/ElizabethtownCollege\/power-of-one-day-2026\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Power of One Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> results.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College\u2019s community came together for a record-setting Power of One Day, Etown\u2019s annual 24-hour day of giving on Tuesday, March 24. The powerful celebration and outpouring of generosity led to 2,400 donors helping raise an incredible $813,059 \u2014 the highest totals in Power of One Day history. \u201cThis year\u2019s remarkable Power of One Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":21351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,1339,775],"tags":[197,1350,1290,337],"class_list":["post-21350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-alumni","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-power-of-one-day","tag-scholarships","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21354,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions\/21354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}