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Make giving back to your favorite HBCU a breeze! Introducing I Heart My HBCU, the official HBCU spare change app created to seamlessly integrating online giving and change donations in one platform. Every cent counts… With this app you can easily turn your change into charity and support the black college community! I Heart My HBCU show your favorite institutions some love! No amount is too small, choose your favourite HBCUs and start sharing your spare change today. FOR WHO I Heart My HBCU is for you if you: * Currently attend an HBCU and want to give back to the university you love. * Attended an HBCU and want to donate to the alma maters of you and your friends, even if your amount might be small right now. * You generally want to support Historically Black Colleges and Institutions to ensure the continued legacy of cultural and academic excellence for future generations! * You know that an integral part of moving the Black community forward is unity, and you want to join others in continuing to uplift our community. HOW IT WORKS I Heart My HBCU is fast and easy to use! Users can download the app to their mobile device and link their bank account in as little as 60 seconds. Once connected, The I Heart My HBCU app will round change up to the nearest dollar from each credit or debit card purchase. The spare change will then be donated to the user’s five favourite . You can decide how the amount is divided amongst your five HBCUs and once your spare change reaches $5, a donation will automatically be distributed accordingly. But that’s not all! There are other ways to donate as well. You can set recurring weekly or monthly donations of at least $5 so that you can engage in automatic giving of larger amounts. Or you can give a one -time donation for the culture! However, you choose to do it, I Heart My HBCU helps you support the institutions you care about with ease. FEATURES I Heart My HBCU has so many features beyond donations for users to enjoy, including: * HBCU Donor community chatrooms * Divine 9 community chatrooms * HBCU Profile Pages that display the total spare change donated * A leaderboard ranking schools each month based on spare change donations * Adopt an HBCU – a page that allows users to adopt an HBCU, join an alumni club, or support an HBCU Department such as a sports team, band, or even the business school, etc.! * Dashboard with displays for bank account(s) linked, donation distribution, and donation options * Ability to add alumni clubs to the app in order to accept membership dues and increase memberships * Ability for outside organization to join the app and create a fundraiser for an HBCU SPONSORED BY THE COMMUNITY I Heart My HBCU was created because we know that it takes an entire community to create change. And we know that it can feel like one person alone will never make a difference. But I Heart My HBCU is changing that as we bring people together through their support of HBCUs to build an association based on wanting to connect and provide. Together we can use spare change to make change. DOWNLOAD I Heart My HBCU today and join the community!