{"id":451985,"date":"2026-09-30T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451985\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:54:07","slug":"employees-help-hundreds-of-causes-soar-through-the-2026-state-employee-charitable-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451985\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees help hundreds of causes soar through the 2026 State Employee Charitable Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1997, UT San Antonio employees have contributed more than $19 million to charities across Texas through the <a href=\"https:\/\/secc.utsa.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">State Employee Charitable Campaign<\/a> (SECC), including more than $485,000 raised last year alone.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the university\u2019s goal is to raise $500,000 and continue its support of hundreds of causes. The 2026 campaign runs Oct. 1 through Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>What is the SECC?<\/p>\n<p>University staff and faculty come together annually to give back through the SECC, which allows state employees, including UT San Antonio employees, to donate to an array of local, statewide and national charities through a one-time gift or payroll deduction.<\/p>\n<p>UT San Antonio partners with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsatx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County<\/a> on the campaign.\u00a0By participating, employees raise funds that provide support to programs on campus, throughout Bexar County and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>How does the campaign work?<\/p>\n<p>UT San Antonio vice presidents are running participation activities within their divisions. You can join in the activities by finding your division\u2019s campaign champion on the SECC website.<\/p>\n<p>Giving is easy and convenient:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Choose from hundreds of organizations, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/secc.utsa.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Directory-of-Charities-San-Antonio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">San Antonio-specific list<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secctexas.org\/sites\/secctexas\/files\/2026%20SECC%20charities%20-%20update.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">full statewide list<\/a> to find your favorites. Participating organizations support causes ranging from Alzheimer\u2019s and cancer research to veteran support and animal care services. In addition, there are six UT San Antonio agencies that directly support employees and students in need:Chromosome 18 Registry &amp; Research Society (#414026)First Generation and Transfer Student Center (#413004)Fostering Futures Program (#413005)Roadrunner Pantry (#413006)Roadrunner Staff Emergency Fund \u2013 Academic Campus (#413008)Staff Emergency Fund \u2013 Health Campus (#413192)Click the Make Your Gift button at the top of the campaign page, follow the steps and click Submit. All charities participating in the campaign must meet established eligibility criteria.Why should I give?<\/p>\n<p>Giving through the SECC allows donors to support a favorite cause or charity and provide meaningful assistance to the local community. Aside from participating in a worthy cause, all donations are tax-deductible.<\/p>\n<p>A gift of any size can make a world of difference to the charities in this campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since 1997, UT San Antonio employees have contributed more than $19 million to charities across Texas through the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-451985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}