{"id":4673,"date":"2024-11-26T12:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/?page_id=4673"},"modified":"2026-10-06T07:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:32:14","slug":"donate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/donate\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support Our 2026 Fundraising Challenge<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, with help from dozens of donors, we successfully met our first challenge fundraising campaign launched with a $10,000 matching gift from Greg and Mira Zimmerman. The effort, as part of the 2025 Day of Giving, ultimately raised over $25,000 for the House Divided Project. This year in 2026 we are fortunate to have two Dickinson alums sponsor challenge gifts for the annual Day of Giving (April 7).&nbsp; Greg Zimmerman, &#8217;83 and Eric Evans, &#8217;78, are joining forces to offer&nbsp;$12,500&nbsp;in donations that will be unlocked with a combination of dollars raised and donations received &#8212;<strong>so we will benefit from every gift of every size!<\/strong> Just click on the DONATE button&nbsp; and pull down HOUSE DIVIDED PROJECT from the gift options to make your contribution.&nbsp; Donations help support programming that serves low-income high school students, provides career-building opportunities for Dickinson undergraduates, and extends major online projects about popular K-12 classroom topics such as Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Underground Railroad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 41px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius: 10px; background-color: #386084;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/gift\">Donate<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 47px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join our newly formed Finance Committee by contributing $500 or more.&nbsp; Or become a recognized project supporter by contributing $25 or more.&nbsp; Contribute any amount&nbsp; today by clicking the DONATE button above or by mailing a check payable to DICKINSON COLLEGE:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">House Divided Project<br>c\/o Director Matthew Pinsker<br>PO Box 1773<br>Dickinson College<br>Carlisle, PA 17013<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>House Divided Finance Committee <em>(in formation)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Co-Chairs:&nbsp; Jordyn Ney (&#8217;23) and Greg Zimmerman (&#8217;83)<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Lindsay Bowman, &#8217;04<\/li>\r\n<li>Jens Damgaard, &#8217;79<\/li>\r\n<li>Eric Evans, &#8217;78<\/li>\r\n<li>Kenneth Glick, &#8217;72<\/li>\r\n<li>Mary Jenkins, &#8217;70<\/li>\r\n<li>Joseph D. Kelley, &#8217;06<\/li>\r\n<li>David Park, &#8217;10<\/li>\r\n<li>Lauren Ashley Smith, &#8217;06<\/li>\r\n<li>Jack Stover, &#8217;70<\/li>\r\n<li>Charles Silverman, &#8217;88<\/li>\r\n<li>David Taylor, &#8217;90<\/li>\r\n<li>Neil Weissman<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Recent Programming Highlights<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/\"><strong>Knowledge for Freedom Seminar<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each summer, the House Divided Project hosts a special free residential seminar designed to help high school students from low income or first generation college households get better prepared for college.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEhY54Vd1Cw?si=r1rfPtDX0SM5aMqD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/\"><strong>Dickinson &amp; Slavery<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undergraduate students at Dickinson College have helped reshape our campus memory about formerly enslaved families who lived and worked on campus after the Civil War.&nbsp; Their work has led to reports, exhibits, and a new campus walking tour featuring our reshaped memorial landscape.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzLcBtmgKcw?si=1jS7AljeqI_tVgES\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2024\/01\/17\/2024-wert-lecture-with-harold-holzer\/\">Gettysburg Address Lectern<\/a><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 66.66%;\">\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every spring, the House Divided Project hosts the annual J. Howard Wert Lecture on a Civil War era topic.&nbsp; This public event features the original lectern that was on the speaker&#8217;s platform when Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.&nbsp; Past speakers have included Harold Holzer, Jonathan Holloway, Eric Wittenberg, and Christy Coleman.&nbsp; And the first 50 students who arrive always receive free copies of the speaker&#8217;s book.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 33.33%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2019\/03\/Lincoln-at-Gettysburg-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" class=\"wp-image-3464\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2019\/03\/Lincoln-at-Gettysburg-1-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Lincoln\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2019\/03\/Lincoln-at-Gettysburg-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2019\/03\/Lincoln-at-Gettysburg-1-195x110.jpg 195w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2019\/03\/Lincoln-at-Gettysburg-1.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abraham Lincoln, hatless, on speaker\u2019s platform, November 19, 1863<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/\">Underground Railroad<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 66.66%;\">\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Park Service has partnered with the House Divided Project on several online initiatives connected to promoting better history of the nation&#8217;s Underground Railroad, including the launch most recently of a new handbook and also a special digital mapping project on <a href=\"https:\/\/stampedes.dickinson.edu\/\">&#8220;slave stampedes&#8221;<\/a> or group escapes.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis: 33.33%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" class=\"wp-image-4654\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED-300x229.png\" alt=\"Cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED-459x350.png 459w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED-150x114.png 150w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/files\/2024\/10\/2024-UGRR-Cover-CROPPED.png 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Our 2026 Fundraising Challenge Last year, with help from dozens of donors, we successfully met our first challenge fundraising campaign launched with a $10,000&#8230; 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