Giving Day, UCSC’s 24-hour, grassroots fundraiser held on Wednesday, Nov. 3, was an engergizing kick-off to the holiday giving season for two Genomics Institute flagship project teams.
Treehouse Undergraduate Bioinformatics Immersion program raised $8,300 from 37 donors. The entire team is grateful to Ted Goldstein, Jessica Bernhardt, and Lou & Leslie Grate, who generously matched donations made on 11/3, dollar for dollar, up to $6,000.
Meanwhile, the Research Mentoring Internship Program (RMI) raised $3,510 from 30 donors. The Office of Diversity, which runs the RMI program extends a HUGE thank you to Lou & Leslie Grate who generously matched donations made on 11/3, dollar for dollar, up to $200.
Thank you ALL for making Giving Day 2021 a BIG success!