How you can get involved<\/b><\/p>\n
Everyone connects with Bemidji State in a unique way: as a student, professor, staff member, intellectual, art lover, music aficionado, sports fan and on and on. Not surprisingly, every contribution – whether it is a financial gift, bequest or volunteer effort – reflects a donor’s perspective, financial situation and time.<\/p>\n
From a practical standpoint, here is background to inform your decision to be a part of the Imagine Tomorrow campaign:<\/p>\n
Cash: <\/b><\/span>Cash gifts are an easy way to give. Gifts of any size make an immediate impact on the Imagine Tomorrow priority area of your choice.<\/p>\n Securities: <\/b><\/span>Gifts of stocks, bonds, treasuries and mutual funds that have increased in value are a win-win opportunity for you under current tax laws. They provide an immediate benefit to the university and a current income tax savings for you.<\/p>\n Property: <\/b><\/span>Property and real estate includes homes, cabins, commercial buildings, farmland and other property, such as works of art and other items of value.<\/p>\n Planned Gifts: <\/b><\/span>These involve giving to the university in the future. Typical types of planned gifts would be a bequest, life income gift, charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, life insurance or a gift of residence with a life interest. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Legacy Society<\/b> is a unique organization whose members have provided for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ through a planned gift. Members receive special invitations and other benefits.<\/p>\n Volunteer: <\/b><\/span>One of the most important gifts you can give to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is to tell others why the university is vital to you and the community. Attend campus events. Volunteer for committees and events that interest you. You make a difference!<\/p>\n Potential benefits of giving <\/b><\/p>\n Contact <\/b><\/span> the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Foundation at (218) 755-2762 or foundation@bemidjistate.edu<\/a>, or visit bsuimaginetomorrow.org<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How you can get involved Everyone connects with Bemidji State in a unique way: as a student, professor, staff member, intellectual, art lover, music aficionado, sports fan and on and on. Not surprisingly, every contribution – whether it is a financial gift, bequest or volunteer effort – reflects a donor’s perspective, financial situation and time. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[958],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19689,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19463\/revisions\/19689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n