{"id":47629,"date":"2018-11-05T22:56:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T22:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/?p=47629"},"modified":"2024-10-16T16:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:46:35","slug":"stepup-gala-raises-more-than-425000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/2018\/11\/05\/stepup-gala-raises-more-than-425000\/","title":{"rendered":"StepUP Gala Raises More Than $425,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-003-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-47632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-003-Edit-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"StepUP Students and Alumni\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-003-Edit-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-003-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-003-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-003-Edit.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Confucius<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-002-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-47630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-002-Edit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Toby Labelle Award Winners\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-002-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-002-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-002-Edit-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-002-Edit.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The StepUP Gala was a night to celebrate how\u00a0the StepUP\u00a0Program\u00a0at Augsburg University has helped students champion lives of recovery, achieve academic success, and thrive in a community of accountability and support.<\/p>\n<p>With the strength and support of the StepUP community, we rose to meet this goal. This year\u2019s Gala generated over $425,000 for the program in one evening. The event was\u00a0thoughtfully planned by the StepUP Board and the Gala committee including co-chairs Cindy Piper and Douglass Sill.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the Gala included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly\u00a0350 guests in attendance<\/li>\n<li>Emcee Leah McLean,\u00a0from KSTP 5 Eyewitness News<\/li>\n<li>Neil King \u201918, Alumni Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Alexa Anderson \u201919, Student Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Toby Piper LaBelle Award recipients\u00a0Jon and Julz Schwingler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-001-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-47631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-001-Edit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Klobuchar and Pribbenow\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-001-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-001-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-001-Edit-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2018\/11\/181103-StepUPGala-001-Edit.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A special appearance by Senator Amy Klobuchar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope to continue to build on this generous momentum from the Gala. If you wish to make a gift to support the StepUP program, visit StepUP Giving and indicate Gala gift in the comments field.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you\u00a0to all who joined us for the &#8220;We Rise&#8221; StepUP Gala. We firmly believe that a student should not have to choose between recovery and a college education. Your support will help make that possible today, and for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Confucius &nbsp; The StepUP Gala was a night to celebrate how\u00a0the StepUP\u00a0Program\u00a0at Augsburg University has helped students champion lives of recovery, achieve academic success, and thrive in a community of accountability and support. With the strength and support of the StepUP &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":386,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,1],"tags":[90,161],"class_list":["post-47629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving","category-giving-to-augsburg","category-uncategorized","tag-stepup","tag-stepup-gala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49353,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47629\/revisions\/49353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}