{"id":93765,"date":"2021-04-20T12:53:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=93765"},"modified":"2025-03-20T13:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:59:32","slug":"what-can-i-give","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/what-can-i-give\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can I Give?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Types of gifts<\/h3>\n<p>There are many ways that alumni, parents, and friends of the Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine can support student faculty, research, students, and facilities. In addition to the ways to give to any part of Boston University, the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine also gratefully accepts gifts in memory and honor of a special event or person, and anatomical donations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/giving\/ways-to-give\/\"><strong>Learn more about ways to give to the BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine and BU.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Learn more about gifts in memory and honor<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Portrait of a Gift\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/297749991?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Honorary and memorial contributions enable alumni and friends to pay tribute to respected professors, admired colleagues, cherished classmates, or loved ones\u2014and at the same time advance medical education and research at Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Gifts in honor of a birthday or in memory of a loved one do not require the creation of a new fund. You may direct these gifts to the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine in general or to a particular department, as you wish.<\/p>\n<p>Some donors take their tribute a step further by creating a named fund, for which the minimum donation is generally $10,000. Both types of gifts can also qualify the donor or the honoree for membership in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/who-gives\/giving-societies\/\">BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine\u2019s giving societies<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Death announcements<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>If you have decided to suggest memorial contributions to the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine in a loved one\u2019s death announcement, the Development Office can help you ensure that the announcement wording contains the correct information, and that the family members you choose are notified when gifts are made.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about giving in honor or in memory of someone you know, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/giving\/camed-development-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>please contact the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Development Office<\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Learn more about anatomical donations<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>By giving your body to the BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine anatomical gift program after your death, you can advance medical knowledge, and help educate the next generation of brilliant physicians and scientists\u2014truly, an essential and invaluable gift. To learn more about the program, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/anatneuro\/anatomical-gifts\/\">website<\/a> or contact Professor Robert Bouchie at <a href=\"mailto:inertia@bu.edu\"><span>inertia@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><strong><span>.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of gifts There are many ways that alumni, parents, and friends of the Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine can support student faculty, research, students, and facilities. 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