Thirty-one project teams of students, faculty and staff across UC Davis and UC Davis Health raised $97,138 from more than 715 gifts during October’s Crowdfund UC Davis campaign. To date, the program has raised $2.8 million for the university.

Fourteen project teams met or exceeded their fundraising goals. Those teams, listed below, represent projects from all over the university and UC Davis Health.

• Advancing Womxn in Technology
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Center for Mind and Brain Language Learning Lab
• Cross Country and Track and Field Club
• Davis Baja BAE
• Hands on the Land
• Men’s Rugby Club
• Mock Trial
• Moot Court
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Foals and Crias)
• Student Emergency Relief Aid
• The Wraparound Program
• UC Davis Health Nurse Led Mobile Clinic
• UC Davis Jo Ann C. Stabb Design Collection’s UK Museum Exhibition

Children’s Hospital Toy Drive

Each year, the Children’s Hospital raises money to provide holiday gifts to every child spending the holiday season in their hospital. The annual toy drive event, running now through Dec. 24, also helps the hospital keep toys, crafts, books and electronics in stock year-round. These materials are used to engage patients at their bedsides, and to help celebrate developmental milestones. 

Michelle Tafoya, senior director of development at UC Davis Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network at UC Davis Health, along with her team, manage the program each year, with support from Crowdfund UC Davis. 

“Each year we receive crucial support from UC Davis employees on both sides of the causeway,” she said. “That support has gotten us to the point where we can actually have materials in stock for the kids year-round. And that’s huge for the kids. It has really been a game-changer.”

Gifts will support the Child Life program at the hospital, clinics, and the MIND Institute. Last holiday season, the project raised almost $29,000 to support these children during the holidays and throughout the year. This year they are hoping to increase that amount.

Applications open for February cohort

Applications for the February cohort of Crowdfund UC Davis are open until Nov. 15 here. Apply today to turn your great idea into reality.

The Annual and Special Gifts Program in Development and Alumni Relations provides teams with access to the Crowdfund UC Davis platform GiveCampus, as well as training, weekly guidance sessions and some email support for the program. The project teams themselves fuel the marketing and networking that lead to their fundraising success.