Be a Climate Champion--May 5 is Give BIG's Day of Champions

Savitha

May 6, 2015

Today is the day to be a Climate Champion by GivingBIG to Climate Solutions! With your help, we will organize our way past fossil fuels, continue demonstrating realistic solutions through cutting-edge partnerships, and advocate for the most ambitious set of clean energy policies in the country. But solving the climate crisis won’t be possible without Climate Champions like you helping to fund this work through The Seattle Foundation’s “Day of Champions,” as part of our “Week of Climate Champions” fundraising drive.

Here's how to be a Climate Champion:

Donate to Climate Solutions through GiveBIG before 11:59pm PST today. The more you give, the more we get from The Seattle Foundation GiveBIG stretch pool funds for Climate Solutions and climate solutions.
Giving $50 or more will help continue our region’s strong leadership on climate, and means you could be selected to enjoy a relaxing cabin getaway on the Olympic Peninsula, a weekend at Stevens Pass, a Hydro Flask gift basket from Bend, lunch with KC Golden, a recycled banner bag from the Portland Timbers’ MLS All-Star Community Day with a team signed jersey, a Portland Roasting gift basket, or Seattle Sounders Tickets!

Swift and decisive climate action won’t be possible without hundreds of generous donors like you fueling every action we take. To fully fund our efforts for the busy coming year, today we are celebrating the second day of our “Week of Climate Champions” with GiveBIG.

ALSO—Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our 7^th Annual Breakfast yesterday, and already contributed toward our goal. Thanks to your generosity, we raised $341,106. We also received a generous $150,000 challenge grant this week. That means only $8,894 to go to reach our $500,000 "Week of Climate Champions" goal! If you weren't able to join us yesterday, you can still help get us the rest of the way there today!

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Savitha

Deputy Director, Climate Solutions

Savitha is Deputy Director of Climate Solutions. She is responsible for organizational effectiveness and oversees the organization's development, cultivation and fundraising efforts, managing the team that raises funds from individuals, foundations and corporate supporters. While at Climate Solutions, Savitha was on the fundraising teams for the No on 2117 and Yes on 1631 ballot initiative campaigns. She is on the Steering Committee for the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict. To her, climate change is the biggest justice issue of our lifetime and she has been working on the issue she interned at the US Environmental Protection Agency's Policy office during the Kyoto Protocol negotiations.

She is a graduate of the Center for Diversity & the Environment’s Environment 2042 Leadership Program, and served on the boards of the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience and Mize Family Foundation, and the inaugural Advisory Council of the University of Washington’s EarthLab. Before joining Climate Solutions, Savitha worked at Seattle Foundation; the Collins Group, now Campbell & Company; the Women's Funding Alliance, the US EPA, and Environmental Media Services, now Resource Media).

Savitha received a BA with Honors in Government and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College. She has been recognized with the 40 Under 40 award from the Puget Sound Business Journal and the Eco Women Making a Difference award from Women of Color Empowered and the Northwest Asian Weekly, and was awarded a Brainerd Foundation Fellowship to Social Venture Partners. She has lived in Seattle since 2000, and is a proud auntie.

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