Purdue University and the Purdue for Life Foundation announced Wednesday (Oct. 20) the inaugural Purdue Day of Service, to be held Oct. 29, on the West Lafayette campus. Created as a way to encourage Purdue alumni and friends of the University to embrace volunteerism, the first Purdue Day of Service will feature tree planting near the corner of McCormick Road and Third Street and beautification work at Horticulture Park.
April 25, 2024
A record number of gifts for Purdue Day of Giving came in from Boilermakers around the world who rallied together for Purdue University on Wednesday, April 24. Throughout the 24-hour online, social media-driven fundraising effort, a historic 32,054 gifts brought in $76.5 million for the university—bringing Purdue Day of Giving’s cumulative total since its launch in 2014 to $497 million.
