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The G Street entrance to the Smith Center.
The Athletic Department’s annual Buff & Blue Fund Challenge raised more than $560,000 during its 10-day campaign, breaking last year’s record fundraising totals.
The Buff & Blue Fund Challenge, which stretched from Sept. 18 to Sept. 27, aims to cover academic support, travel, nutrition and scholarship costs of athletes. The department aimed to raise $150,000 this year, following last year’s fundraiser that garnered more than $460,000.
Launching in 2012, the Buff & Blue Fund seeks to bolster monetary support for the Athletics Department. The Challenge, which engages in athletes, their families and alumni in rewards based competition, started in 2015, raising more than $80,000 in its first year. The 2023 Buff & Blue Fund Challenge more than doubled the total from 2022 challenge, which raised about $200,000, and fundraising totals for the challenge have steady increased over the last decade.
Donors designated their donation to a specific athletics team, the Buff & Blue Fund, Student Athlete Scholarship Fund or the overall GW Athletics Department. By the end, the Buff & Blue Fund raised $560,437 dollars.
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