{"id":31237,"date":"2025-10-10T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=31237"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:57:19","slug":"pvm-leader-lends-voice-to-the-why-i-give-component-of-purdues-united-way-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-leader-lends-voice-to-the-why-i-give-component-of-purdues-united-way-campaign.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Leader Lends Voice to the \u201cWhy I Give\u201d Component of Purdue\u2019s United Way Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Giving is personal. So, several Purdue University faculty and staff are supporting the Purdue United Way Campaign by sharing their personal reasons for why they give. Among those who have provided answers to that question is Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty member and administrator Dr. Kenitra Hendrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students, staff and faculty know Dr. Hendrix as a clinical professor in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology and the associate dean for the veterinary diagnostic laboratories. But another important dimension of her life involves her commitment to a local organization that played a pivotal role in helping her through a time of personal crisis. The organization is YWCA Greater Lafayette, and the crisis is part of her answer to \u201cWhy I Give.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNine years ago, a case advocate in YWCA Greater Lafayette\u2019s Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (DVIPP) helped me obtain a protective order giving me the support I needed to safely leave an abusive marriage,\u201d Dr. Hendrix shared. Now she seeks to ensure that the crucial help she received remains available to others in need.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her commitment to helping others through YWCA Greater Lafayette is expressed in multiple ways, including by giving her time. “I joined the YWCA board of directors in 2023 because I want to help ensure that the services that helped me find my safety and freedom are available for others who need them for many years to come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Dr. Hendrix is glad when people support the Purdue United Way Campaign in any way and with a donation of any amount, her encouragement for people to remember YWCA Greater Lafayette is heartfelt.  \u201cIf you choose to donate to the United Way campaign, please consider designating part, or all, of your gift to YWCA Greater Lafayette. Your support can help someone else find safety, hope, and a path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now three weeks into the Purdue United Way campaign, support for the university\u2019s community-focused fundraising effort is escalating. Already, Purdue Veterinary Medicine is more than half-way to the college\u2019s goal of raising $20,000 for Purdue United Way, with $11,182 contributed. The university as a whole has raised more than $308,500 toward its goal of $700,000.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This year\u2019s theme is \u201cLocal Giving. Lasting Impact.<\/em>\u201d Participation is the key, so peoples\u2019 responses count, whether the choice is to give or to simply indicate that they do not wish to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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