My report shows that there have been $8,400 in online donations to support this scholarship.

Don't forget that some employers will match your donation to the Foundation! Some, like ExxonMobil, even match gifts 3:1. Check with your company's human resources department to see if they will match your gift to the Joey V. Fund.

How the scholarship works: The scholarship will be awarded to a student based on the criteria set forth by the family. It will provide funds to a student based on the Foundation's payout rate, currently set at 4.4%. If the scholarship reaches the $25,000 endowed level, it will provide scholarships to students in perpetuity since the Foundation distributes only the earnings on the endowment.


The Texas A&M Foundation is a nonprofit organization that receives major gifts and manages endowments for the benefit of Texas A&M University. This year, the Foundation will provide $70 million to Texas A&M for scholarships, faculty support, leadership programs and construction projects. Request your A&M Support Kit to learn how you can make a difference at Texas A&M through a gift to the Foundation.

bump with an Update on p1!

The updated numbers look good!

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We are over a 1/3 of the way there. Keep giving Ags! It's a good enough cause to have JFF hype it during his nationally televised Heisman speech.

bump with all of the RSJ excitement

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Updated post on p1 with info about how the scholarship works.

Y'all are just the bees knees! (Joseph's favorite compliment :-))

Staff - Thanks for re-sticky-ing. (That's a word, right?)

thanks Staff!

donated...thanks to the organizers

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should be over $10,000 by the end of the day today

Good Bull.

Sorry we're a bit slow on updates today- we're working to get some biography info out about Joseph and some other information for the blog- we want to be sure it's 100% correct so Blackhills is working directly with Mr. & Mrs. V to perfect it.

Once this is complete, look for us to crank up the volume- in the meantime, continue to spread the word to all those you know!

As of 5:00 p.m. you all have raised $8,989 for the Joey V. Fund.


The Texas A&M Foundation is a nonprofit organization that receives major gifts and manages endowments for the benefit of Texas A&M University. This year, the Foundation will provide $70 million to Texas A&M for scholarships, faculty support, leadership programs and construction projects. Request your A&M Support Kit to learn how you can make a difference at Texas A&M through a gift to the Foundation.

Howdy Ags,

Now we need all of your help. Tomorrow (Tuesday) I want to make a big push to increase awareness on twitter, facebook, and TexAgs. So, I'm calling it Twitter Bomb Tuesday. Tomorrow morning I'll facebook and tweet the giving information again.

If you follow on Facebook, then share the info on your Facebook page.

If you are following on twitter, then please retweet the info.

Also, if you know any high profile Ags, tweet to them and see if we can get them to retweet. Be sure to use the hashtag #joeyvfund and let's see if we can get it trending on twitter.

We're making good progress so far, but we still need to generate $16,000 to make this a permanent fund. Help us out!

Finally, the bio I've been working on is finished. I'm waiting on the family to approve it, and it will be posted ASAP afterward. Please take time to read it. Joseph was much more than a football player, and I hope the bio serves as a solid piece to help introduce people to the man behind the number 67.

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Also, wrong emoticon. Or maybe the right one as in let's get serious and get this done!

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Howdy Ags! The new bio about Joseph has been posted on the blog site at joeyvfund.blogspot.com. Please take a few moments to learn about who this remarkable young man was both on and off the field. Then share it on the Facebook pages and twitter feeds of your ffriends and fellow Ags.

Remember, it's "Twitter Bomb Tuesday", so please retweet and share this info. Aggieland has been swamped with big stories the last few days from the Heisman to recruiting to KK's future. Help us keep this from falling by the wayside!

Gig 'Em

Done.

Foundation, if I donate via the online form, will the receipt show the name of the fund? I am going to submit an application to get matching funds from my company and I don't want them to get hung up on the receipt not specifying that. If it won't contain that, I will send in a check.

I'll do my best to get you an answer on this

Thanks!

Gifts to the account currently total almost $9,700.

The receipt you will receive in the mail from the Foundation will list the "General Memorial/General Scholarship Fund" since the scholarship isn't yet endowed. It will have a note on the receipt that the gift was made in memory of Joey, though.

You can combine the paper receipt with the emailed gift receipt you received after making the online gift to submit to your company.

If your company has any questions regarding the fund or matching gifts to the Foundation, they are welcome to contact the Foundation's Matching Gift Coordinator Jesse Natal at (979) 845-8161, (800) 392-3310 or j-natal@tamu.edu.


The Texas A&M Foundation is a nonprofit organization that receives major gifts and manages endowments for the benefit of Texas A&M University. This year, the Foundation will provide $70 million to Texas A&M for scholarships, faculty support, leadership programs and construction projects. Request your A&M Support Kit to learn how you can make a difference at Texas A&M through a gift to the Foundation.

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Thanks for the info!