Making a Difference
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The Scherzers’ gifts will support the UO Libraries, even though most of their previous gifts have gone to athletics, and George was one of the top volunteer fundraisers for UO athletics for several years. Why the library? “It connects with so many students every day and we remember spending many hours in the library as students—even a few Friday nights,” says George, a senior vice president with McAdams, Wright & Ragen in Portland.
The twins started thinking about giving back to the university when they attended a university dinner in Portland “where a lot of people were talking about $1 million gifts,” remembers George. “Rob and I looked at each other. We knew we couldn’t make $1 million gifts. But we started talking about how we could make a difference.”
“We think there are a lot of people like us,” he adds. “We want to connect and plant seeds with more people to give back. It’s time we start. We don’t see enough of it being done.”
