Why I Give

This year’s Lafayette College United Way Campaign hopes to raise $60,000 (a 10.7 percent increase over last year) from 225 donors (a 7.7 percent increase), and we’re counting on support from the entire College community, both new and returning donors.

Rose Marie Bukics
Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Professor of Economics

I have been giving for as long as I can remember, both at Lafayette and when I was working in business. It just seems like the right thing to do to help support those in need in my community. My donation is not to a specific nonprofit, because I rely on those who are most in tune with the specific needs of the community to channel funds to those most in need. I have been a volleyball coach for youth groups that received United Way funding, and that support allowed some youngsters to participate who might not otherwise have been able to.