The FIRE Program is a five-year consistent giving program, a continuation of the Brenau Ideal and a call-to-arms for our alumni to ensure a thriving future for the University.
With an annual pledge leading to a donation each year, you move through the first four years of the FIRE program. Each consecutive annual gift is commemorated by an additional themed charm on your collectible FIRE pin (see below).* Upon your fifth year of consistent giving, you are granted permanent membership into the Gold Refined Giving Society, an honor society of dedicated alumni.
Year 1
Fidelity
Base Pin, FIRE Link, and Flame Charm
Year 2
Integrity
Scales Charm
Year 3
Resilience
Anvil Charm
Year 4
Engagement
Tiger Charm
“Fidelity to the ideals where intellect is wrought emblazons on our character that action follows thought. Integrity, authentically, is hammered over time. Through heat and fire, ease and mire, grace and strength combine. Like the anvil, undeformed by strikes of conscious aim, we shape the world. Resiliently, as gold refined by flame. We cycle back and circle through these halls that forged our youth, Engaging so we can assure the freedom born from truth.”
Participation in the FIRE Program is based on consistency of support, rather than amount. Annual giving that totals more than $5/month ($60/year) moves you through the FIRE program. Your annual contributions benefit Brenau’s current students in many ways including through national rankings and grant eligibility, often based on percentage of alumni donors.
To join the FIRE program, make a donation online at brenau.edu/give.
For more information about the FIRE program, please see the video below:
*Alternative Gift Option: Instead of the pin that builds out, you can choose a Brenau necktie (year one) and tie clip (year 3). You can also opt out of the gifts entirely and still be enrolled in the program. Please let us know if you’d like one of these two alternative options.