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#TuftsGivingTuesdayNow

In response to the overwhelming need resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Giving Tuesday organization launched #GivingTuesdayNow, a new global day of giving and unity taking place on May 5, 2020.

Today and everyday: community support, citizen engagement, generosity, and philanthropy

Make Your #GivingTuesdayNow Gift

In response to the overwhelming need resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Giving Tuesday organization launched #GivingTuesdayNow, a new global day of giving and unity taking place on May 5, 2020. #GivingTuesdayNow seeks to shine a light on how we can provide support for our communities and demonstrate citizen engagement, generosity, and philanthropy. Here are some ways members of the Tufts community have done just that:

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

  • Tufts has collaborated with local and state governments as well as our partner hospitals to aid their work addressing the pandemic—providing facilities for testing, triage, and patient overflow. Read the article.
  • The university has offered its residence halls to medical personnel, first responders, recovering patients, and staff in need of a place to quarantine after exposure. Read the article.
  • The Fletcher School’s Military Fellows partnered with the School of Engineering and other local universities to repair more than 6,000 N95 masks that had been donated to Tufts Medical Center, providing critical PPE to health-care workers. Read the article.
  • Tufts dental students, along with Tisch College, led an effort to make face masks and shields for health-care workers serving under-insured and homeless populations across Boston. Read the article.

CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

  • Tisch College developed an online volunteer platform, Tufts Civic Impact, a gateway to local service opportunities. Open to students, faculty, staff, and community partners, it enables people to more easily support response efforts on our campuses and in our local communities. Learn more.
  • Tufts engineering students and medical school alumni were part of a bicoastal effort to repurpose snorkeling masks for ER and OR doctors, introducing a creative solution to PPE shortages. Read the article.
  • 4th year medical students graduated early to help on the frontlines as newly minted physicians. Additionally, Tufts medical students are volunteering as caregivers at Boston Hope Medical Center, the temporary 1,000 bed COVID-19 hospital at the Boston Convention Center.
  • Friedman School dean Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian and professor Simin Nikbin Meydani joined former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman to explain the role food and nutrition can play in "flattening the curve.” Read the article.

GENEROSITY

  • Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine sent PPE, ventilators, and other medical supplies to area health-care facilities to aid with COVID-19 efforts. Read the article.
  • A group of Tufts parents in China donated 31,000 desperately needed respirator masks to Tufts Medical Center. Read the article.
  • More than 1,500 people donated to funds across Tufts’ schools dedicated to supporting students facing unexpected economic hardships. Read the article.

PHILANTHROPY

Your support has always been instrumental in Tufts’ capacity to meet the changing needs of our students and communities. The medical school, in particular, is committed to training smart, compassionate physicians, health-care practitioners, and public health professionals. Your investment in our students through financial aid or important initiatives that enhance student learning, the faculty, and curriculum allows us to respond as the health-care needs of our society are rapidly changing. The ability to do this could not be more critical than right now. If you can, will you please consider making a gift today to the Fund for Tufts Medicine and support the impact Tufts has on the world?

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