{"id":22782,"date":"2024-04-09T13:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2024\/04\/09\/giving-day-breaks-record\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:01:06","slug":"giving-day-breaks-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/04\/09\/giving-day-breaks-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Day Breaks Record!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a wild wintry storm, alumni and friends rallied to support NECC&#8217;s third annual Giving Day. The 24-hour fundraising celebration broke the previous record for individual donors, with 213 people contributing more than $30,500 to the NECC Fund. This provided substantial and immediate support for scholarship awards, classroom technologies, internship stipends, and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/NECC_GivingDay_Graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-27718 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/NECC_GivingDay_Graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"766\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to generous donations received from the community, this year\u2019s Giving Day also featured a live musical performance courtesy of the NECC music department, tables throughout campus, and a pre-Giving Day kickoff event and celebration at G\u2019s, an alumnus-owned Texas-Mexican restaurant in downtown Haverhill.<\/p>\n<p>NECC Giving Day is held on the first Thursday of\u00a0 April. 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