The Board of Trustees has challenged alumni to increase participation to fifty-five percent in the 1994-95 Annual Fund.
If the alumni reach that figure, the members of the board will contribute $55,000 in additional funds above their regular annual support and gifts to the capital campaign.
Alumni participation in the Annual Fund is about fifty percent. To reach the fifty-five percent level, all current donors need to continue to contribute and the College must add 1,755 new donors.
Frank Messa '73, chair of the Annual Fund, says, “We know from our successful history of foundation grant applications that our alumni participation rate makes a difference. Even though fifty percent places among the best in the country, we can do better, and we think the trustee challenge will provide the stimulus we need.”