BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Several major gifts to Illinois Wesleyan University’s capital campaign were announced during Homecoming festivities. The gifts, all from alumni, include a promise of more than $1 million. Gifts announced included those from Howard and Sharon Fricke, and Kent and Sue Wallace.
Howard and Sharon Fricke, both 1960 Illinois Wesleyan graduates, have pledged a gift of more than $1 million toward the University’s Transforming Lives: The Campaign for Illinois Wesleyan. The gift was announced at the annual Alumni Awards Lunch.
According to the Frickes, the goal of the gift is to make an impact. “I can make a difference by giving. I can make a difference by not giving,” said Howard Fricke. “I can make a difference by helping someone, or not helping someone. If we all became ‘they’ and decided not to give, this would not be a world most of us would want to live in.”