Blue Demon Challenge 2023

The Blue Demon Challenge (BDC) is DePaul University's annual day of giving, when alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends come together to give back—and this year we're raising our sights again! Your gift of any size during the BDC can help us get closer to reaching our goal of raising $7,000,000 in a single day!

Your gift to Athletics is an investment in the lives of student-athletes at DePaul, and helps build a sense of community for all of DePaul University. During the Blue Demon Challenge, your gift to Athletics can go even further through the following challenges: 

• ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE GUIDING PRINCIPLE CHALLENGE: When we receive 100 gifts to Athletics Scholarship Funds, Edward A. Leidecker (BUS ’80, MBA ’86) will give $100,000 to the Ed Leidecker Scholarship!
• SahiSTRONG MEN’S BASKETBALL MANAGER SCHOLARSHIP CHALLENGE: When we receive 75 gifts to the Aameer Sahi “SahiStrong” Men’s Basketball Manager Scholarship, Jaswinder “Sonny” Sahi and the Sahi Family will give $50,000!
• BLUE DEMON NATION 50 STATES CHALLENGE: When we receive a gift to any Athletics fund from each of the 50 states, Linda (BUS '84) and Gary (BUS '83, MBA '85) Koche will give $50,000!
• SAROWITZ FAMILY SPORTS CHALLENGES: The Sarowitz Family will give $12,500 to each of eight sports programs, when the program receives 150 gifts!
• PAT SAVAGE TRACK & FIELD SCHOLARSHIP CHALLENGE: When we receive 50 gifts to the Pat Savage Endowed Scholarship for Track & Field, Pat Savage (EDU '68, MED '72) will give $10,000 to the fund!
• CHEER AND DANCE CHALLENGE: When we receive 100 gifts to the Fund for Cheer and Dance, Ed Fellin (BUS '80) will give $10,000!
• …AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

We also have challenges for faculty/staff, student, and parent giving—check out the Challenges page to see all the ways your giving can impact DePaul today!