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Tomorrow is the last day of our Ignite campaign for the Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab Fund. Because of you, we have raised 230% of our original goal of $30,000!
More than 90 of you from around the country have stepped up to contribute to this worthy cause honoring the life of a beloved Oxford native and UM student who touched so many people and accomplished so much before his life was tragically cut short last year. Thomas’ bright light continues to burn here at Ole Miss, and with your help, generations of students will be influenced by him.
If you are interested in setting up a monthly gift to this vital campus resource, just click “Give Now” and select “Recurring.” Your sustained support strengthens our campus community and builds reliable resources to fight the misuse of alcohol and other drugs.
Your support will be counted in Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss, which seeks to secure $1.5 billion to strengthen the University for generations to come.
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Thank you for giving so generously to the Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab at the University of Mississippi! Today, on #GivingTuesday, an annual day of giving around the world, we have an opportunity to focus more attention on this project.
Please consider lending your voice to this vital fundraising effort today – #GivingTuesday – by sharing this project on social media and with your family and friends. Together, we can encourage others to support Ole Miss student veterans through this important project!
As you consider your own giving today, please think about setting up a monthly recurring gift. Just click “Give Now” and select “Recurring.” Your sustained support strengthens our campus community and builds reliable resources for the Mayo Lab at the William Magee Institute over time.
Your support will be counted in Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss, which seeks to secure $1.5 billion to strengthen the university for generations to come.
Thomas Hayes Mayo died just a few days after his 21st birthday. Although his life was tragically cut short, he made impactful friendships that will last far beyond his 21 years. Thomas saw good in everyone, and it's appropriate that he continues to inspire others to do good even after he's gone.
Thomas was an active member of Sigma Chi fraternity at Ole Miss. His fall 2019 pledge class had 80 members, and some of Thomas's strongest friendships were made that fall with those young men.
Like a lot of children growing up in Oxford, Thomas Mayo played hundreds of hours of soccer. Thomas wore jersey #8 when he played for the Oxford High School Chargers, one of the top-ranked teams in the state.
Thomas's graduating class at Oxford High School had 266 students, many of whom had been friends since preschool and then went on to Ole Miss together. Losing their lifelong friend was hard for many of these young people.
As a lifelong Ole Miss fan and Oxford resident, Thomas attended games since he was a very young child. In 2014, he and his dad made the 785-mile trip from Oxford to Omaha to see the Rebel baseball team play in their first College World Series appearance since 1972. The trip was very special, and one they would have loved to repeat in 2022 to see the National Championship series.
Just days after Thomas Mayo's death from fentanyl poisoning on April 14, 2022, the Mayo family and Thomas' friends already saw an opportunity to help others. Their hope is that something good comes from this preventable tragedy, and that lives can be saved in Thomas' memory.