Sock It To Me Challenge
Check out these supporter-created challenges and “sock it” to them. All Parkside Day gifts of $30 or more receive our custom UW-Parkside socks, and some challenges offer other special bonuses. Groovy!
SOCK IT TO ME!
Check out these supporter-created challenges and “sock it” to them. All Parkside Day gifts of $30 or more receive our custom UW-Parkside socks, and some challenges offer other special bonuses. Groovy!


Andrew Gavin
Director of Athletics
Feature: Ranger Impact Fund Recurring Gifts
Parkside Day, just like athletics, is about showing your pride for the Rangers! For me, it means an opportunity to celebrate our University’s past, present, and future! It is important because it fosters and highlights a culture of philanthropy, appreciation, celebration, and pride. Sock It to Me and receive a pair of Ranger Bear Parkside Day socks.
Special Bonus: For every recurring gift established to the Ranger Impact Fund on Parkside Day, I’ll throw in an extra $10 to make your gift go even further!

Linnéa Booher
Director of Donor and Alumni Engagement
Feature: Class of 2021
Parkside Day is one of my favorite days on campus. I invite you to celebrate your first Parkside Day as an alum by making a gift. Do you have a program, department, or campus project that impacted your time at Parkside?
Special Bonus: If you set up a recurring gift on Parkside Day of $3 a month ($36 for the year), you will get your Parkside Day socks and I’ll match the first year to the fund or scholarship of your choice.

Alumni Association Board
Feature: Alumni Association Scholarship
Happy Parkside Day, Rangers. Did you know that anyone who has earned a degree or other professional certificate from UW-Parkside is eligible for membership in the non-dues-paying Alumni Association? Sock it to the Alumni Association Board members and receive your Parkside Day socks.
Special Bonus: We will match up to $1,000 of gifts made to the Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship.

Jake Sutter
Assistant AD for Advancement & Partnerships
Feature: Ranger Impact Fund
Parkside Day celebrates our Ranger spirit across campus. Join me and make a Ranger Impact on Parkside Athletics and get your Parkside Day socks.
Special Bonus: Sock it to me and I’ll add on an extra $5 to your gift. In addition, I’ll walk, jog or maybe even run a mile for every donation made through my link!

Tom Krimmel ’72
Foundation Board Member
Feature: Professor John Buenker History Scholarship
am proud to be an alum of UW-Parkside and a former staff member. Faculty and staff Sock it to me to get your Parkside Day socks. The Professor Buenker History scholarship honors the late John Buenker.
Special Bonus: In addition to receiving your Parkside Day socks when you Sock It To Me, your gift will be matched up to $3,000.00.

Creative Services
Feature: Future Focus Fund
Happy Parkside Day! We hope you will celebrate by socking it to us. Donate $30 or more and you will receive a pair of Ranger Bear socks.

Brittany Nikolic
Head Women’s Soccer Coach
Feature: Women’s Soccer
On Parkside Day, make a gift to Women’s Soccer. Gifts of $30 or more will receive a pair of Parkside Day socks.
Special Bonus: If 20 people or more Sock It To Me, I will run the team fitness test which is the test we require our student-athletes to pass at the beginning of the year!

Leigh Barea
Head Volleyball Coach
Feature: Volleyball
Let’s go Rangers. Support Parkside Volleyball on Parkside Day and receive your Parkside Day socks.
Special Bonus: I’ll donate $5 for the first 50 donors who help us reach our goal on Parkside Day.

The Becker Brothers (Coach Nick ’17 and Craig ’11)
Head Wrestling Coach (Nick) & Associate Athletic Director for Facilities & Capital Projects (Craig), Wrestling Alumni
Feature: Wrestling
Let’s take down this Parkside Day wrestling goal! Make your gift and receive a pair of Ranger Bear socks.
Special Bonus: We will donate $10 for every donor to the wrestling program on Parkside Day!

Luke Reigel
Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Feature: Men’s Basketball
Time to score one for men’s basketball on Parkside Day! Sock It To Me and receive your socks.
Special Bonus: I will do a hill run for every donor who socks it to me on Parkside Day.

Jen Conely
Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Feature: Women’s Basketball
Swish it for our women’s team! Support Women’s Basketball on Parkside Day. Gifts of $30 or more will receive their Parkside Day socks.
Special Bonus: When you make a Parkside Day gift to Women’s Basketball, I’ll throw in an extra $10. Happy Parkside Day!

Kristin Ortman
Head Softball Coach
Feature: Softball
Hit a home run for Parkside Softball on Parkside Day. When you make a gift of $30 or more, you’ll receive a pair of Parkside Day socks
Special Bonus: For every softball Parkside Day donor, our team will commit one hour of community service.

Brendan Collins
Student Athlete
Feature: Baseball
The generous support from alumni, donors, and the university is what makes me so happy to be a student-athlete at UW-Parkside. I hope you will join me in supporting Parkside Day 2022. Sock It To Me with a gift to baseball and receive your Parkside Day socks!