Giving Day

Contact Information

Allie Scott
Director of Annual Giving and Campaigns
700 College Drive
Decorah, Iowa 52101

allie.scott@luther.edu

Phone: 563-387-1100

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Mark your calendar for Luther's TENTH annual Giving Day on Thursday, March 6, 2025!

Giving Day is Luther’s largest one-day fundraising event, when people around the world come together to celebrate and support what they love about Luther.

On Giving Day, when you celebrate your Luther experience—and the parts of Luther you love the most—your generosity is magnified. With matching dollars available throughout the day, it’s the perfect way to celebrate Luther and invest in what’s at the heart of this special place: our students.

Participation is powerful! Whether you’re making a gift, connecting with a student on campus or sharing on social media, you’re actively helping students. It’s a community effort powered by caring and passionate Norse like you.

Give today!

Ways you can get involved:

During your last semester on campus, you and over 100 of your classmates made the decision to give back to Luther by May 2025 (remember the blue cords you wore at graduation? That’s from the Senior Giving campaign!) Giving Day is the perfect day to fulfill your promise.

There’s lots of ways to maximize your gift on Giving Day. For example:

  • As a young alum, any donation of $10 or more will unlock $200!
  • Your volunteer service can transform into dollars for Luther! For every service hour you log on Giving Day, our Gnome Team will donate $10 to Luther (up to 10 hours/$100).
  • And that’s before we remind you that any gift you make that day will be doubled. If you give during a power hour, your gift will be tripled!

One last reason to give on Giving Day: you can give in honor of someone who shaped your Luther experience. We’ll share your thoughtfulness with that person, and connect you both with an email that same day. We bet you have updates on what’s happened since last May they’d love to hear!

On Giving Day, every single gift to the Luther Fund is matched by our generous Gnome Team. But there are even more ways to maximize your gift on Giving Day.

  • If you’re a young alum (Class of 2015-2024), any donation of $10 or more will unlock $200!
  • Volunteer service can transform into dollars for Luther! For every service hour you log on Giving Day, our Gnome Team will donate $10 to Luther (up to 10 hours/$100).
  • Once Luther receives at least one gift from all 50 states, we collectively unlock an additional $10,000!

What’s more: when you give during a specific power hour, your gift can be TRIPLED! Take a look at the power hour schedule below to decide when you’ll make your gift (or gifts!):

Time (CT)Power HourWhose gifts are tripled?
7:00 a.m.70s gradsAll alumni from the 1970s
ParentsAll current and past parents of Luther students
8:00 a.m.80s gradsAll alumni from the 1980s
Faculty/StaffAll current and retired faculty and staff
9:00 a.m.90s gradsAll alumni from the 1990s
Faculty/StaffAll current and retired faculty and staff
Grounded & GlobalLuther is proud to be a school grounded in Decorah that sets students up for success all over the world! This power hour is for all Decorah community members, alumni who studied abroad, and anyone currently living abroad.
10:00 a.m.00s gradsAll alumni from the 2000s
Grounded & GlobalLuther is proud to be a school grounded in Decorah that sets students up for success all over the world! This power hour is for all Decorah community members, alumni who studied abroad, and anyone currently living abroad.
AthleticsAny alumni athlete and any fan of Norse Athletics
11:00 a.m.10s gradsAll alumni from the 2010s
AthleticsAny alumni athlete and any fan of Norse Athletics
Eastern Time Zone lunch HourAnyone in the Eastern Time Zone
12:00 p.m.20s gradsAll alumni from the 2020s
Central Time Zone lunch HourAnyone in the Central Time Zone
Health SciencesAnyone working in health sciences (our doctors, nurses, researchers, teachers, this one's for you!)
1:00 p.m.Mountain Time Zone lunch hourAnyone in the Mountain Time Zone
MusiciansAny alumni musician and anyone who loves Luther music
SweetheartsDid you meet your sweetheart at Luther? This one's for you!
2:00 p.m.Pacific Time Zone Lunch HourAnyone in the Pacific Time Zone
MusiciansAny alumni musician and anyone who loves Luther music
SustainabilityAnyone who works in Sustainability or is proud of Luther's reputation as one of the best colleges for Sustainability in the world!
3:00 p.m.Claim your club!Celebrate your club! Were you in Greek Life? Black Student Union? A Phonathon caller? Celebrate your favorite club on campus!
4:00 p.m.Eastern Time Zone Happy HourAnyone in the Eastern Time Zone
ParentsAll current and past parents of Luther students
Faculty/StaffAll current and retired faculty and staff
5:00 p.m.Central Time Zone Happy HourAnyone in the Central Time Zone
Faculty/StaffAll current and retired faculty and staff
Grounded and GlobalLuther is proud to be a school grounded in Decorah that sets students up for success all over the world! This power hour is for all Decorah community members, alumni who studied abroad, and anyone currently living abroad.
6:00 p.m.Mountain Time Zone Happy HourAnyone in the Central Time Zone
Grounded and GlobalLuther is proud to be a school grounded in Decorah that sets students up for success all over the world! This power hour is for all Decorah community members, alumni who studied abroad, and anyone currently living abroad.
SweetheartsDid you meet your sweetheart at Luther? This one's for you!
Health SciencesAnyone working in health sciences (our nurses, doctors, researchers, global health professionals, etc - this one's for you!)
7:00 p.m.Pacific Time Zone Happy HourAnyone in the Pacific Time Zone
Athletics overtimeAny alumni athlete and any fan of Norse Athletics
Music EncoreAny alumni musician and anyone who loves Luther music
Claim your club!Celebrate your club! Were you in Greek Life? Black Student Union? A Phonathon caller? Celebrate your favorite club on campus!
8:00 p.m.Athletics overtimeAny alumni athlete and any fan of Norse Athletics
Music EncoreAny alumni musician and anyone who loves Luther music
Claim your club!Celebrate your club! Were you in Greek Life? Black Student Union? A Phonathon caller? Celebrate your favorite club on campus!
9:00 p.m.Final Stretch!Every single gift will be tripled with any matching dollars remaining!

Contact Information

Allie Scott
Director of Annual Giving and Campaigns
700 College Drive
Decorah, Iowa 52101

allie.scott@luther.edu

Phone: 563-387-1100

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