University Chaplaincy

On Giving Tuesday this year, join Tufts University alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students in supporting the impactful programs and communities of the University Chaplaincy! Help us achieve our best day of giving yet by giving generously to the University Chaplaincy "Friends of Goddard Fund" in support of the Interfaith Ambassador Program.

This #TuftsGivingTuesday we invite you to show your support for the mission of the Tufts University Chaplaincy. A $2500 donor challenge will unlock when we receive 70 distinct gifts to any of our chaplaincies!

Come to Goddard Chapel on a Wednesday evening, and you will find a group of undergraduate student leaders sharing good food and engaged in conversation about the ways their own values and identities inspire their interests in interfaith community and what it means to appreciate religious and philosophical diversity on campus. You'll see these students building community as a cohort and creatively planning in programming for their peers -- including Open Mic Nights with Dee-1, Artist-in-Residence at Tisch College; the Pax et Lux Winter Holiday Celebration; and an interfaith field trip to Greentown Labs to learn about interfaith action related to climate justice and resilience.

And you'll see them offering opportunities for mutual care and support in the midst of the violence and war in Israel and Palestine. Several weeks ago, students came to the Chapel for a Tea Time and Care Packages event, sponsored by members of the Interfaith Ambassador team. They made 159 care packages filled with tea, a treat, a note of care for students to pick up and then share with anyone they know who is grieving or feeling isolated or fearful right now. These are fundamental gestures of kindness and care that are at the heart of all that we do as an interfaith community, and Ambassadors are an indispensible community of student leaders engaged in this work of community building and care right now.

The Interfaith Ambassador Program launched in Fall 2021 under the leadership of University Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger and with support from Tufts' Religious Diversity and Civic Life initiative, funded by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. While a portion of the funding for this program was grant funded in FY22 and FY23, all costs are now covered by the University Chaplaincy budget. Please join us with a special donation to the Friends of Goddard Fund to support these students and the programs they host for our campus and community.

Looking to give via stock, wire transfer, or donor advised fund but still want to have it count for #TuftsGivingTuesday? We can make that happen! Fill out this form and someone from the #TuftsGivingTuesday team will be in touch.