Dear ,
We’re in the early stages of planning the 2019-20 Annual Giving campaign and we are announcing a new initiative to increase participation in Annual Giving. Participation means a gift of any amount, even the smallest. Last year, Class of 1979 participation was 46% and we raised almost $3M for our 40th Reunion year.
While our peer schools consider this participation rate to be remarkable, we know the Class of 1979 can do better, thus we’ve set a goal of 50% for this year. We are inviting you to join the team that will help us achieve 50% participation this year. Participation is very important to our “special givers” – it’s important that participation is high so they don’t feel the giving burden is entirely on them.
Many ‘79ers served as Mentors last summer as part of the FLi Tigers & ’79 Friends mentoring program. FLi students are “first generation / low income” students who now comprise 17% of the student body. Annual Giving allows several benefits: