{"id":1873,"date":"2025-10-15T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/aapaan\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:30:29","slug":"support-aapaan-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/2025\/10\/15\/support-aapaan-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Support AAPAAN Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #e57200\">Donation Matching Opportunity<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What is your American Dream? Whatever it is, I hope you are well on your way to achieving it. Or better yet, like me you have achieved it. For the young students who are just starting their<a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/wee-fund.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1866 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/wee-fund-240x300.png\" alt=\"Flyer image for Wee Yee&apos;s donation matching opportunity, picturing him and his family\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/wee-fund-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/wee-fund-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/wee-fund-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/files\/wee-fund.png 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> journeys, there are many obstacles including financial stress. To give back to the community and to help them with their life\u2019s journey, I have been donating to AAPAAN for years. For AAPAAN\u2019s 2025 fundraising program, I am incentivizing you to donate. I will match your donation two for one. <strong>For your collective donations up to $5,000 I will donate up to $10,000. Won\u2019t you help them with their American dreams?<\/strong> Go to the link below to give.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wee Yee (<abbr title=\"School of Engineering and Applied Science\">Engr<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201976)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/19967\/donations\/new\">Support us today!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #e57200\">Get Involved<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We are so appreciative of the many ways our alumni support AAPAAN \u2013 from sharing your time, talents, and expertise to donating to support our scholarships and events \u2013 we couldn\u2019t do it without you! To learn more about ways to get involved with AAPAAN or to make a donation, please <a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/apan\/\">visit our website<\/a> or reach out to <strong>Randy Wong (<abbr title=\"School of Architecture\">Arch<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201982)<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:randywong@alumni.virginia.edu\">randywong@alumni.virginia.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donation Matching Opportunity What is your American Dream? Whatever it is, I hope you are well on your way to achieving it. Or better yet, like me you have achieved it. For the young students who are just starting their journeys, there are many obstacles including financial stress. 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