{"id":45369,"date":"2017-06-16T09:06:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=45369"},"modified":"2017-06-19T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T14:12:20","slug":"towndrow-passionate-about-giving-back-to-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/06\/towndrow-passionate-about-giving-back-to-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Towndrow passionate about giving back to Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t take long for Penny Towndrow (BA \u201983) to settle in at Brock.<\/p>\n<p>When she began her studies at the University, her home for four years, she was welcomed with open arms.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45371\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45371\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-45371\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Penny-Towndrow-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Penny Towndrow\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-45371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Penny Towndrow (BA &#8217;83).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Towndrow lived and worked on campus while pursuing her education, taking on many different jobs and spending time as a residence don.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the value of the experience she received during her time at Brock, in addition to earning her degree, Towndrow is motivated to see the University continue to excel.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s eager to give back to her alma mater and to make a difference in the Brock community.<\/p>\n<p>While working in the life insurance industry, Towndrow learned about the ability to make a philanthropic gift of life insurance \u2014 a form of giving few people are familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrock felt like home to me and I want to leave something as a thank you,\u201d Towndrow says.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s able to fulfill that wish by making a monthly donation to Brock, in addition to a gift of life insurance she has committed through her estate.<\/p>\n<p>Towndrow is proud to be an example of giving in this way, which will ensure her support is in place for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>She has had many positive experiences with the University and wants future generations of students to have those same opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information about leaving a gift through your estate, call 905-688-5550 x4190.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t take long for Penny Towndrow (BA \u201983) to settle in at Brock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,54],"tags":[5456],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}