{"id":892,"date":"2025-11-21T14:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/?p=892"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:44:12","slug":"happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/2025\/11\/21\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays from the Eli Banana Fund!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Elis,<a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/2025\/11\/13\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-893 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"2024 and 2025 Annual Report\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/files\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays! The 2024-2025 Annual Report will be arriving in mailboxes soon. Until then, please <a href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/2025\/11\/13\/\">enjoy this electronic version<\/a>. If you have not recently updated your contact information, please <a href=\"https:\/\/mc8yhqj3g8f7wd1f41c7htsmk8by.pub.sfmc-content.com\/bhp4t43pvzn\">submit an update<\/a> so we can continue to stay in touch. Lastly, during this giving season, please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/20150\/donations\/new\">making a contribution<\/a> to the Eli Banana Fund.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/20150\/donations\/new\">Contribute to the Eli Banana Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crackloo,<\/p>\n<p>The Eli Banana Fund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Elis, Happy Holidays! The 2024-2025 Annual Report will be arriving in mailboxes soon. Until then, please enjoy this electronic version. If you have not recently updated your contact information, please submit an update so we can continue to stay in touch. Lastly, during this giving season, please consider making a contribution to the Eli [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Holidays from the Eli Banana Fund! - The Eli Banana Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/eli-banana\/2025\/11\/21\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kiki McLaughlin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/21\\\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/21\\\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kiki McLaughlin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/56e4d4887754d111218b120270d4033e\"},\"headline\":\"Happy Holidays from the Eli Banana Fund!\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-21T19:40:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-02T17:44:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/21\\\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":75,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/21\\\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/files\\\/EliBanana_AnnualReport_FY25_proof3-1-194x300.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/21\\\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/eli-banana\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/21\\\/happy-holidays-from-the-eli-banana-fund\\\/\",\"name\":\"Happy Holidays from the Eli Banana Fund! 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