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What We Do:

At Fairhaven, we have created the Fairhaven College Opportunity Fund to meet the needs of students facing financial challenges as they navigate their college experience.  With the COVID-19 epidemic and the unprecedented unemployment we have experienced over the past year, many students found their anticipated sources of income reduced or eliminated.  We are helping to fill part of that need with college scholarships.  Because of supporters like you, we have been able to provide more than $50,000 in emergency support to Fairhaven students over the past year! 

When Fairhaven College classes were online, the Outback Farm continued to operate. Our dedicated crew of staff and students are still planting food and tending the gardens. With food insecurity higher than we’ve ever seen it, fresh food from the Outback will continue to help make a small and meaningful contribution to the health of our community. 

What You Can Do:

We know that all of you are facing challenges adapting to the current set of realities as we are.  We hope that you will consider this opportunity to support Fairhaven College, either by donating to the Opportunity Fund Scholarship, the Outback Farm, or to our unrestricted fund that goes to support faculty and student projects and college events.



Departments and Special Projects

Click to read more about or give back to any of the departments or special projects listed below! 


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Early Bird Challenge!
Thank you! Your generosity has unlocked an additional $5,000 match before most people even got up for the day!
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The Number One Vikings Match!
Thank you, Vikings! You who made the first $1,000 in gifts earned an ADDITIONAL $1,000 through a generous match!
$1,000 MATCHED
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Match
New Grad Match Opportunity!
Thank you new Vikings! You've raised an additional $3,000 in support for current WWU students and programs!
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$2,000
Salish Sea Recording Studio Challenge!
Thank you! Together, we Vikings raised over $7,000 to help build current WWU students a new recording studio in Fairhaven!
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$3,000
WWU Retirement Association Scholarship Challenge
Thank you, Vikings! You've met this challenge and helped unlock $3,000 in scholarship money for current Western students!
$3,000 / $3,000 Raised
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$750
3,000th Donor Challenge!
Thank you, Viking supporters! More than 3,000 of you have made gifts for Give Day, which is the most participation we've ever had in a Give Day!
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$2,000
Night Owl Challenge
Thank you! Your gifts helped raise an additional $2,000 for Kaiser Borsari Hall!
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$750
2,000th Donor Challenge!
Thank you! The 2,000th donor has unlocked an additional $750 for men's rowing!
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$5,000
Last Call!
Thank you! You've unlocked an additional $5,000 as a matching gift!
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Leaderboard
Fairhaven Fundraisers Challenge!
The project or program in Fairhaven College that has the highest number of unique donors will win an additional $1,000! Final results available once we process all the Give Day gifts. Using fake donor names to inflate donor count may disqualify a project or program.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Salish Sea Recording Studio 5
2 The Fairhaven Outback Farm 4
3 Fairhaven College Opportunity Scholarship 3
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Leaderboard
Lunchtime Crunchtime
Thanks, Vikings! You've unlocked an additional $5,000 in support for students on your lunch break.
Rank Prize Lunchtime Crunchtime Challenge! Donors
1 $2,500 Cross Country & Track and Field 95
2 $2,500 Men's Rowing 36
3 Women's Ultimate 13
4 Computer Science 9
5 Marketing Program 9
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Success!
50-state Challenge!
Thank you, Vikings near and far, for helping unlock an additional $5,000 of support for WWU students!
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Or you can contact us at giving@wwu.edu.