About Day of Caring 2021

Welcome to our second Swarthmore Day of Caring! Between June 8–10, from noon to noon ET, the Swarthmore community will come together to demonstrate our support and compassion for one another. We invite you to make a gift in honor of someone at Swarthmore who made a difference in your life. 

By making a Day of Caring gift, you’re joining hundreds of other alumni, parents, students, and friends in celebration of our collective resilience during a year unlike any other. 

Plus, your gift will help release $350,000 in challenge funds thanks to a generous Class of 1979 alum.

To increase your impact on current and future Swarthmore students, join the Sustainers’ Circle. If you set up a monthly git of $5 or more, you'll receive a Swarthmore silicone tumbler — perfect for your year-round outdoor gatherings.

When we launched the first Day of Caring last summer, our world faced a historic convergence of crises. It felt critical in that moment to draw on our extended community’s compassion and rise to the challenges ahead. A year later, those challenges are still with us and we have yet to find our new normal. But Swarthmore students continue their pursuit of truth, knowledge, transformation, and social justice. While countless uncertainties remain ahead of us, you can be certain that a Swarthmore education remains accessible, inclusive, and extraordinary regardless of what comes next. 

The $350,000 Day of Caring Challenge will support the following two initiatives:

• Swarthmore Summer Scholars (S³P) Endowment This fund ensures that S³P will continue to support 16 students each year who are first-generation, low-income, and/or underrepresented in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Summer Scholars learn to be academically successful in challenging, college-level classes while building relationships with professors and classmates before the full pressure of the academic year.
• Dining and Community Commons Inclusive social and community spaces are foundational to the College's residential-based educational experience. Through this project, the College community has the exciting opportunity to reimagine the social and dining experiences that are central to Swarthmore’s ability to fulfill its mission of educating the whole person.