{"id":14642,"date":"2022-04-23T03:55:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T03:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=14642"},"modified":"2022-04-23T03:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T03:55:52","slug":"csu-pueblo-accepting-crypto-donations-public-school-students-to-receive-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=14642","title":{"rendered":"CSU Pueblo accepting crypto donations, public school students to receive awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/12\/20\/NTPC\/102f198f-3d69-4735-9eb6-4c535b44a56d-Tundra_Statue.jpg?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/12\/20\/NTPC\/102f198f-3d69-4735-9eb6-4c535b44a56d-Tundra_Statue.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"A statue of Tundra sits in front of Massari Arena on the campus of Colorado State University Pueblo.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation is now accepting cryptocurrency donations under a partnership with Atlanta-based Bitpay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The university decided to accept cryptocurrency donations following donor requests and to increase engagement with younger donors, the Foundation said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The decision to accept cryptocurrency shows our commitment to continuing to advance our mission in an ever-changing world and financial landscape,&#8221;\u00a0Foundation chair Chad Heberly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;This move supports our ongoing efforts to engage with younger donors, who operate in a more digital capacity than previous generations of supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bitpay accepts donations in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Wrapped Bitcoin, Gemini Dollar, USD Coin, USDP Stablecoin, Dai and Binance USD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cryptocurrency donations to the CSU Pueblo Foundation can be made by visiting\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitpay.com\/468545\/donate\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bitpay.com\/468545\/donate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Junior achievement awards<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Two students from each of the seven public high schools in the Pueblo County area will be honored with outstanding junior achievement awards by the\u00a0three Masonic Lodges and Eastern Star Chapter of the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A girl and boy from each school will be presented with plaques engraved with their names\u00a0at an event starting at 7 p.m.,\u00a0on Sunday, May 1st, at the Masonic Temple, 126 Broadway, Pueblo, CO 81004.\u00a0 Their names will also be added to a larger plaque that is displayed at their schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Students receiving the awards\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Centennial &#8211; Ashlee Sandoval and Austin Lucas<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Central &#8211;\u00a0Mikayla Cruz and Kadyn Betts<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">East &#8211; Grace Helzer and Jayce Martinez<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">South &#8211;\u00a0Mariah Vigil and Ian Espinoza<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pueblo County &#8211;\u00a0Madison Fillmore and\u00a0Ethan Conrad<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pueblo West &#8211;\u00a0 Olivia Smith and Noah Wagner<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rye &#8211; Amelia Burbidge and\u00a0Dillon Robertshaw<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Friends and extended family are encouraged to attend the\u00a0event. Treats will be available after the ceremony. If the event is canceled because of COVID-19, the awards will be distributed to each family in the downstairs cafeteria from 6 to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" \/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Silver State Lodge #95\u00a0will host the event, with W.M. Kim Sturdy presiding and serving as master of ceremonies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chieftain.com\/story\/news\/2022\/04\/22\/csu-pueblo-foundation-accepting-cryptocurrency-donations\/7395320001\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation is now accepting cryptocurrency donations under a partnership with Atlanta-based Bitpay. The university decided to accept cryptocurrency donations following donor requests and to increase engagement with younger donors, the Foundation said in a statement. &#8220;The decision to accept cryptocurrency shows our commitment to continuing to advance our mission in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[43],"tags":[236,2384,62,7513,1581,1004,7514,1832,3490,5721],"class_list":["post-14642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-litecoin","tag-accepting","tag-awards","tag-crypto","tag-csu","tag-donations","tag-public","tag-pueblo","tag-receive","tag-school","tag-students"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/102f198f-3d69-4735-9eb6-4c535b44a56d-Tundra_Statue.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14644,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642\/revisions\/14644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}