10th Notre Dame Day raises millions

Student groups, residence halls and academic departments participate in the annual fundraiser

By PETER BREEN a ssociate n ews e ditor

The 10th annual notre dame day, a two-day campus-wide fundraising bonanza, got rolling Tuesday evening at 6:42 p.m. over 900 student groups, residence halls, academic departments, alumni clubs and other causes compete in the global crowdfunding campaign, said brandon Tabor, senior director of annual giving in the development department.

with more than 28,000 unique gifts last year, notre dame day raised over $3 million. st. edward’s hall and glee club, 2022’s highest-grossing dorm and club, brought in about $42,000 and $28,000, respectively.

This year, during the annual notre dame day broadcast, 29 cameras will be dispatched around campus. Tabor expects notre dame community members from close to 100 countries to tune into the program, which airs on the notre dame day website.

The star-studded broadcast schedule is broken into 124 segments, featuring current and former fighting i rish athletes, live student performances and notre dame alumni of all stripes, including the u s a mbassador to the holy see and a priest who built a 300,000-piece lego model of the main building.

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