{"id":84793,"date":"2022-03-30T15:21:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=84793"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:29:31","slug":"student-emergency-fund-gives-joy-when-students-need-it-most","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/news\/student-emergency-fund-gives-joy-when-students-need-it-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Emergency Fund Gives Joy When Students Need it Most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During winter break, an EWU student traveled home for the holidays. A medical emergency caused the need for an expensive MRI. An unexpected event like that can create hopelessness and more debt for students. Without help from the Student Emergency Fund (SEF), many students facing daunting financial challenges would choose to drop out of EWU and the pursuit of their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two challenging years, Fiscal Specialist Judy Miller in EWU\u2019s Student Accounting Department has handled requests for emergency help from 15-20 students each month. Throughout the pandemic, the donor-supported SEF has been there for students who qualify for limited, one-time financial assistance when they are unable to meet immediate, essential expenses because of a temporary emergency.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI can\u2019t explain how grateful I am for this computer. It will be a complete change for my studies,\u201d a senior majoring in environmental science wrote to Miller after receiving a laptop from SEF.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI always think about how I can best help students and not say, \u2018No\u2019,\u201d Miller said. \u201cPeople have donated to the Student Emergency Fund for a reason. Students are the reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Your gift today to the <a href=\"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/funds\/?fund=student-emergency-fund&amp;search=student\">Student Emergency Fund<\/a> will bring joy to students when they need it most.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n    <div class=\"give-box\">\n                    <h2                class=\"give-box__heading h2 hr-white\"\n            >\n                Donate to the Student Emergency Fund            <\/h2>\n                        <div class=\"give-box__intro-text\">\n                <p>Start here<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <form method=\"GET\" action=\"\/give\/funds\">\n                            <input\n                    type=\"hidden\"\n                    name=\"action\"\n                    value=\"add\"\n                \/>\n                                <input\n                    type=\"hidden\"\n                    name=\"fund\"\n                    value=\"student-emergency-fund\"\n                \/>\n                            <p>\n                <span class=\"give-box__input-wrapper\">\n                    <span class=\"give-box-input-extra-wrapper\">\n                        <input\n                            class=\"give-box__input\"\n                            name=\"amount\"\n                            aria-label=\"Donation amount in dollars\"\n                            value=\"40\"\n                        \/>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/p>\n            <div>\n                <button class=\"give-box__button btn btn-white btn-md\">\n                    Continue                <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/form>\n    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During winter break, an EWU student traveled home for the holidays. A medical emergency caused the need for an expensive MRI. An unexpected event like that can create hopelessness and more debt for students. Without help from the Student Emergency Fund (SEF), many students facing daunting financial challenges would choose to drop out of EWU<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/news\/student-emergency-fund-gives-joy-when-students-need-it-most\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":84803,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-84793","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-giving-joy-day","stories_tags-giving-joy-day"],"acf":{"subheading":"","featured_image_format":"cover","display_byline":false,"display_date_published":false,"featured_video":"","Links":false,"Resources":false,"display_featured_image":true,"page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/84793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/462"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/84793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84810,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/84793\/revisions\/84810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/give\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}