{"id":557,"date":"2017-02-20T22:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=557"},"modified":"2017-02-21T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T14:38:59","slug":"siu-credit-union-makes-first-corporate-gift-for-siu-day-of-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"SIU Credit Union Makes First Corporate Gift for SIU Day of Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/food-pantry-web.jpg\" alt=\"SIU Credit Union Makes First Corporate Gift for SIU Day of Giving\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/food-pantry-web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/food-pantry-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/food-pantry-web-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/food-pantry-web-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/food-pantry-web-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured (left to right): SIU Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell, Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Stettler, Student Center Director Tena Bennett, Saluki Food Pantry Coordinator Sara Sauerhage, SIU Credit Union CEO Mike Lantrip, SIU Sustainability Coordinator Geory Kurtzhals, Director of Development Paul Melzer and SIU Credit Union VP of Business Development Kim Babington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Giving is in the DNA of those at the SIU Credit Union, and local charities have regularly been the beneficiaries of their benevolence. With the credit union\u2019s recent $10,000 donation, the Saluki Food Pantry can be added to the long list of worthwhile causes. The gift serves as a prelude to SIU Day of Giving, which is Wednesday, March 1. On that day, the university is encouraging others to follow the credit union\u2019s philanthropic lead and help make an immediate difference in the lives of current and future Salukis.<\/p>\n<p><em>Make a gift on March 1:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/siuday.siu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">siuday.siu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving is in the DNA of those at the SIU Credit Union, and local charities have regularly been the beneficiaries of their benevolence. With the credit union\u2019s recent $10,000 donation, the Saluki Food Pantry can be added to the long list of worthwhile causes. The gift serves as a prelude to SIU Day of Giving, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=557\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SIU Credit Union Makes First Corporate Gift for SIU Day of Giving<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}