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<Title>We are Here Because of Our Partners</Title>
<Tagline>This Giving Day support Retriever Essentials Partners</Tagline>
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<Summary>Retriever Essentials partners are committed to providing the help and care UMBC students, faculty, and staff members deserve. All of these organizations work toward ensuring academic and career...</Summary>
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<Title>Our Giving Day Goal: 100 Donors</Title>
<Tagline>Kevin Joseph '87 will donate $1,000 when we reach 100 donors</Tagline>
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<Summary>On UMBC Giving Day, alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends will join the #BlackandGoldRush by giving to their favorite UMBC designations, and by inspiring others to give.      Kevin Joseph...</Summary>
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<Title>It's Save-a-Swipe Time!</Title>
<Tagline>Donate your excess meals</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><h5><em><span>Save-a-Swipe is a partnership between </span><a href="https://retrieveressentials.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retriever Essentials</a>, Chartwells, and Campus Card Services <span>which allows you to donate 5 or 10 swipes from your meal plan that can be used by students who are experiencing food insecurity. </span></em><em>Please share your extra meal swipes with your peers in need before the swipes expire.</em></h5><div><em><span><br></span></em></div><h5><em><span>Sign up to donate your excess meals until </span>Feb 14, 2020, Friday. </em></h5><h5><span><em> </em></span></h5><h5><span><em>Click <a href="https://dineoncampus.com/UMBC/save-a-swipe--retriever-essentials" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> or go to the link below to make your donation. </em></span></h5><div><h5><span><a href="https://www.dineoncampus.com/UMBC/save-a-swipe--retriever-essentials" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><u>https://www.dineoncampus.com/UMBC/save-a-swipe--retriever-essentials</u></a></span></h5></div><div><h5><span><em><br></em><em>For more information please contact:</em></span></h5><h5><span><em><u><a href="mailto:retrieveressentials@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">retrieveressentials@umbc.edu</a>.</u></em></span></h5></div></div>
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<Summary>Save-a-Swipe is a partnership between Retriever Essentials, Chartwells, and Campus Card Services which allows you to donate 5 or 10 swipes from your meal plan that can be used by students who are...</Summary>
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