Parkside Day Challenges
Make your Parkside Day gift go further with special matching gift opportunities and giving challenges!
Check back for more matches and challenges as we get close to Parkside Day, or offer your own.
Time-specific Challenges
Watch the clock for these opportunities.
7-9 AM
Early Bird Challenge
No worms, just a chance to win! All donors 7:00-9:00 AM will be entered to win a Parkside swag pack.
12-1 PM
Scholarship Power Hour
Calling all donors to make an impact on student success through scholarships. During this power hour, the UW-Parkside Foundation Board will match the first $5,000 of gifts to the scholarship of your choice. (Limit $1,000 match per donor – let’s spread the love!)
8-9 PM
Athletics Power Hour
Give your favorite team the final push to victory! We’re turning up the competition with some epic incentives for our teams’ newly renovated locker rooms (coming this fall). The program that fundraises the most dollars during this hour will receive a smart tv. The program with the most donors during this hour will receive a portable bluetooth party speaker.
10-11:59 PM
Night Owl Challenge
You’re up late and you don’t give a hoot! All donors 10:00-11:59 PM will be entered to win a Parkside swag pack.
All Day Matches & Challenges
Make your gift while they last.
300 Donor Challenge When 300 donors give, we unlock $2,500 from UW-Parkside Foundation board members for the Parkside Pathway Fund. The Parkside Pathway Fund supports new and transfer students to provide a pathway to success.
600 Donor Challenge When 600 donors give, we unlock $2,500 from UW-Parkside Foundation board members for the Future Focus Fund. The Future Focus Fund is UW-Parkside’s largest need-based scholarship and emergency aid fund.
Special Matches
- Science Lab Updates: The Callahan-Palmer Trust will match donations up to $5,000.
- Alumni Association Scholarship: The Alumni Association will match donations up to $1,000.
- Anna Maria Williams Nature Trail: Susan Cable, DDS ’81 will match donations up to $1,000.
- Marcy Hufendick Memorial Scholarship: Friends of Marcy Hufendick will match donations up to $500.
- Steve McLaughlin Student Leadership Scholarship: Steve & Jana McLaughlin will match donations up to $2,000.
- Paws & Claws: The Parkside Employee Alumni Group (PEAG) will match the first 25 sign-ups for Paws & Claws membership (up to $250). Paws & Claws is the official pet club of UW-Parkside, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the PEAG Endowed Scholarship.
OFFER A MATCH OR CHALLENGE
Use your gift to encourage others with a matching gift or giving challenge. Help spread the word to your fellow alumni, family, friends, and other supporters and watch your match succeed!
Contact development@uwp.edu for more information about offering a Parkside Day match or challenge.
The Annual Sock Incentive
All Parkside Day gifts of $30 or more receive our custom UW-Parkside socks! The 2025 Parkside Day sock design is a full size athletic sock with stripes on the leg and Ranger Bear roaring on bottom.
