Western Illinois University Athletics

Western Illinois Athletics Ticket Donation

The Ticket Donation program, established in 2014, allows you to donate Western Illinois tickets back to the athletics department for distribution to charitable organizations in the Macomb area. You can also purchase tickets for the sole purpose of donating them back to the athletics department. This is a great way to support Leatherneck Athletics and provide a meaningful and fulfilling gift to the community. Please review the policies and procedures below so that your ticket donation can be properly handled by the athletics department.

Policies and Procedures

1. All tickets must be received by the athletics department at least one week before the scheduled athletic event. Please consider the time it will take to send tickets in the mail.
2. If you are purchasing season tickets for the sole purpose of donating them back to the athletic department, please make sure you inform the ticket office so the tickets will be held onto instead of being mailed out.
3. If you have already received your tickets and you would like to donate them back (single game OR season tickets) to the athletic department, please send them to the address below:

                WIU Athletic Ticket Office
                Western Hall 103
                1 University Circle
                Macomb, IL 61455

4. All tickets must be accompanied by a note that includes your name, address, amount of tickets being donated, and the event(s) that the tickets are for.
5. It is up to the athletic department's discretion to decide which charities and organizations the tickets are donated to.
6. Tickets donated to the athletic department are not considered a Leatherneck Club gift. To make a gift to the Leatherneck Club, click here. 
7. Tickets must be donated back to the athletic department in order to receive a tax receipt from Western Illinois University Foundation.
8. Western Illinois Athletics cannot provide tax reciepts for tickets donated directly to charitable organizations. The receiving charity is liable to provide a tax receipt.

Please direct any questions to the Western Illinois Athletic Ticket Office at (309) 298-1190 or email LeatherneckTickets@wiu.edu.

Veterans Tickets
Western Illinois Athletics teams up with Veteran Tickets Foundation to provide free tickets to currently serving and veterans of all branches of the US military. The Athletic Department donates 10 general admission tickets to every home football game and 4 general admission tickets to every home men’s and women’s basketball game.  For more information or to claim donated tickets visited www.vettix.org.