{"id":2550,"date":"2025-08-18T16:46:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/?page_id=2550"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:35:43","slug":"ways-to-participate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/ways-to-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Participate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2550\" class=\"elementor elementor-2550\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-96cff51 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-eae-slider=\"42076\" data-id=\"96cff51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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menu-item-object-page menu-item-1940\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/steering-committee\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Steering Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1941\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/stories\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/ways-to-participate\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Ways to Participate<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3025\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/about\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d521823 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed 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With more than 600,000 alumni \u2014 and countless friends and fans \u2014 around the world, the Boilermaker community is serving the common good on a global scale. You are part of a legacy of impact, and \u201cVictories &amp; Heroes: Your Campaign for Purdue\u201d is an opportunity to build something even bigger.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8ff62ff e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-eae-slider=\"35922\" data-id=\"8ff62ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5dcafe elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5dcafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"15\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campaign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Line.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full 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