JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER — BUCKY'S BULLETIN!
SIGN UP NOWTo celebrate Bucky's 85th birthday during the 2025-2026 school year, the mascot program alumni call on the University of Wisconsin-Madison community to help us in supporting the current and future student athletes through scholarship.
Bucky Badger is more than just a college mascot.
He is a symbol that unifies the University of Wisconsin-Madison community behind a shared vision of excellence – both academically and athletically. Let us now support the student athletes who exemplify this Wisconsin excellence, so they may continue to focus on bringing our beloved mascot to life.
With your help, we can reach our fundraising goal of growing our endowment fund to $2 million to provide each student mascot a full tuition scholarship, permanently.
- The Bucky Badger Mascot Alumni
.svg)
For each and every donation you will receive a certificate of adoption for the man himself, Buckingham U. Badger, Signed and Dated!
Every donation will receive and invitation to our annual BMA event. This event is to honor Bucky and all those that have helped make him come to life. Locations vary year to year, but the event is catered, and a great chance to join the fundraising effort.
.png)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
If you are still reading, that means you have utmost Wisconsin pride and truly are Bucky’s#1 super fan.
Or maybe you are thinking, “I want to donate enough to the endowment fund to cover 1 of the 7 scholarships, forever.”
In any of these cases, we have the ability to customize a donation level for you. Please get in touch with us to learn about the extra special items we have to offer. One of these is a 1 of 1 item that will never be offered again by us reserved for our most elite donor.
For each and every donation you will receive a certificate of adoption and an invitation to our annual appreciation event.
Custom Donations
If you are still reading, that means you have utmost Wisconsin pride and truly are Bucky’s#1 super fan.
Or maybe you are thinking, “I want to donate enough to the endowment fund to cover 1 of the 7 scholarships, forever.”
In any of these cases, we have the ability to customize a donation level for you. Please get in touch with us to learn about the extra special items we have to offer. One of these is a 1 of 1 item that will never be offered again by us reserved for our most elite donor.
Tax Information:
We’re grateful for your support! If you receive a thank-you gift for your contribution, please note that the fair market value of that gift is approximately 10% of your donation is not tax deductible. The rest of your donation may be tax-deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for more information. If you would like your contribution to be fully tax-deductible please contact us to opt out of the thank-you gifts.
