Last week was Drake’s fourth annual 24-hour giving campaign, All In. It was yet another record-breaking year thanks in large part to the participation of faculty, staff, and students. This remarkable effort brought together the campus community, alumni, and friends in a fun and meaningful way, and showed the pride and spirit of campus.

In 2016, a record of 136 faculty and staff went All In by giving to The Drake Fund. This year, 183 went All In. And for the first time, students participated in the campaign, and 136 contributed; student donations were directed to the Catalyst Fund, a scholarship fund for underrepresented students with financial need.

Overall, the campaign raised $154,824.66 from 841 donors—the most donors and dollars raised ever for All In.

If you missed the videos posted on the All In Facebook page, you can take a look below. Thanks to the familiar faces on camera—and off—who helped make the videos possible. Collectively, these videos reached more than 130,000 people on Facebook.

Faculty Never Have I Ever (Watch to see which professors caved and read their ratemyprofessor.com reviews)

Drake Trivia Ride (I ordered Shamrock shakes for students. They were excited.)

Riding in Golf Carts with Presidents (President Martin gives students a lift on campus)

Physically All In (The basketball teams see which spaces they can fit more team members on)

In addition to all the enthusiastic feedback, fun comments, and silly videos, Drake raised substantive and meaningful dollars. Thank you to all who gave to this effort. Your generosity is critical to the life of this institution and is an important part of the culture of philanthropy University Advancement is striving to build on campus.

—John Smith, VP of University Advancement