{"244781":{"#nid":"244781","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Give to Charitable Campaign Today \u2014 Change Tomorrow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 2006, William Tandongfor moved into his first house \u2014 and his life would never be the same.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSince I\u2019ve become a homeowner, my life has changed for the better,\u201d said Tandongfor, assistant facilities manager for Clough Commons. \u201cMy family has been very successful, and this is because we\u2019re Habitat for Humanity homeowners.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Tandongfor immigrated from Cameroon in 2003, he began working at Georgia Tech and took on two additional jobs to support his wife and five children.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy moving into a Habitat home, Tandongfor was able to save money previously spent renting a three-bedroom apartment. This meant he was able to spend more time with family \u2014 and get an education. Currently, Tandongfor is working on his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at Mercer University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETandongfor shared his Habitat story during the Oct. 1 kickoff breakfast for this year\u2019s Georgia Tech Charitable Campaign. Habitat for Humanity is one of the many charities that benefit from money raised during the campaign, which is a part of the larger State Charitable Contributions Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline to contribute to the 2014 campaign is Dec. 15. The Institute\u2019s goal is to get at least 1,500 members of the campus community to give $330,000. Faculty and staff can choose to contribute to more than 1,000 organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to payroll deduction and check donations, both one-time credit\/debit card payment and WebCheck options are now available to make donating money easy. (Giving online through TechWorks at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.techworks.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.techworks.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.techworks.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E is preferred.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the campaign at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn 2006, William Tandongfor moved into his first house \u2014 and his life would never be the same.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In 2006, William Tandongfor moved into his first house \u2014 and his life would never be the same."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-10-14 08:09:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:09","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"244791":{"id":"244791","type":"image","title":"William Tandongfor","body":null,"created":"1449243722","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:02","changed":"1475894921","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:41","alt":"William Tandongfor","file":{"fid":"197885","name":"william_t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/william_t_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/william_t_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":344856,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/william_t_0.jpg?itok=rvRBqgKu"}},"244801":{"id":"244801","type":"image","title":"Charitable Campaign Logo","body":null,"created":"1449243722","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:42:02","changed":"1509375428","gmt_changed":"2017-10-30 14:57:08","alt":"Charitable Campaign Logo","file":{"fid":"228000","name":"charitablecampaign.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30261,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/charitablecampaign.jpg?itok=HZfciZyp"}}},"media_ids":["244791","244801"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.charitable.gatech.edu\/","title":"Tech Charitable Campaign"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7761","name":"Campaign"},{"id":"2094","name":"charitable campaign"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}