$10,000 Giving Tuesday Challenge to Boost Donations to the Trent Fund

November 25, 2025

Support from the Trent Fund helps student-athletes like Kendall, Logan, and Warren chase bold goals, and a donor match is helping gifts to the fund go twice as far

Honorary Momentous Campaign Champion Ken Hartwick ’81 (Champlain College), retired president & CEO of Ontario Power Generation, has ignited a $10,000 challenge with the Trent community. On Giving Tuesday, Hartwick is encouraging support for Trent students to go twice as far, with every dollar donated to the Trent Fund matched to double the impact for scholarships, mental health resources, and hands-on learning opportunities that help students like Kendall Rose, Logan McDonald, and Warren Chambers thrive.

Before sunrise, rowing student-athlete Kendall (Lady Eaton College) is already gliding across the Otonabee, her day stretching from early practices to lectures and late-night study sessions. Logan (Champlain College) balances rugby training with research and part-time work, while soccer student-athlete Warren (Champlain College) moves from the stadium lights to morning labs, chasing a future in physiotherapy.

For student-athletes like these, schedules can be nonstop as they balance academics, training, and work. That’s why flexible funding from the Trent Fund matters. It’s directed where it’s needed most, covering unexpected costs, easing financial strain, or providing urgent support, so students can stay focused on what matters: excelling in the classroom, pushing limits in their sport, and shaping bold futures.

Double your impact this Giving Tuesday, because when students succeed, we all benefit. Together, we’re turning possibility into something momentous.

About the Momentous Campaign
The $100-million Momentous Campaign is the boldest fundraising initiative in Trent University’s history—an ambitious call to turn possibility into something momentous. Launched in March 2023, the Campaign supports Trent’s vision for the future: where students are empowered to lead with purpose, research drives real-world change, and physical spaces inspire connection, learning, and innovation. Through the Campaign, the University is fundraising for areas such as the advance reconciliation and indigenous knowledge, cultivating solutions for a changing planet and the momentum behind student success.

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