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Today is the Day: Big Give 2025 is Here!

A message from the University of California Optometric Student Association (UCOSA).

Happy Big Give 2025! On behalf of the University of California Optometric Student Association and the entire student body, we invite you to make a donation to UC Berkeley’s Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science Annual Fund today.

Gifts to the Annual Fund empower Dean Bentley to provide essential scholarships, make critical facility updates, and support groundbreaking research for our vision science students. As we welcome Dean Bentley to our community, we are excited to focus fundraising efforts on bolstering the Annual Fund. Big Give has become a signature event for our community, serving as an annual reminder of the collective impact we can make on the continued excellence of our school. Your generosity directly enhances student access to education, improves the quality of that education, and strengthens the care we provide to our patients.

This year, UCOSA has pledged a $25,000 gift to the Annual Fund. Through this commitment, we hope to inspire all of you – our alumni, friends, and donors – to join us in making a gift. To further encourage participation, we have designated our gift as a matching challenge! Once we secure 75 donations to the Annual Fund, our $25,000 gift will be unlocked. As a student organization, we are extremely proud of the impact our gift will make. We hope it inspires you to make a gift as well!

Once again, we invite you to make a donation today to the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science Annual Fund. Your support makes a direct and lasting impact on the lives of our students, faculty, and the patients we serve.

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