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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 7, 2017 14:54:34 GMT -5
Very well done!
For the first time ever, the Holy Cross Fund reached $10 million+ For the first time ever, the Crusader Athletics Fund reached $2 million+ We had a record number of donors and reached 50% participation for the 11th consecutive year. A record number of parents gave to the senior parent gift effort at 40%, and the Class of 2017 reached 70% participation, a modern-day record.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jul 7, 2017 15:31:55 GMT -5
Everything is great about this...except that video. Yeesh!
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Post by JRGNYR on Jul 13, 2017 7:45:35 GMT -5
Those numbers from 2010-2016 are shockingly low. I don't think it's really a matter of not "loving HC" as much as classes who graduated x-number of years ago (there was an incredible turnout of young alums at the Fordham Yankee Stadium game, for example), but rather that the school has not really done a good job of creating events that keep young alums involved in HC. Outside of the 5-year reunion and the occasional huge sporting events (Yankee Stadium, basketball NCAA tournament watch party) there does not seem to be a serious effort in creating events for young alums in this window of classes. One simple way to increase participation in young alums would be to create a Venmo account (a simple payment/money transferring platform that the vast majority of people in their 20's appear to be using) so people can make a donation on their phone in a matter of seconds. However, one thing is for sure, a last minute "push" of a couple emails that get swallowed up in inboxes and social media posts that do not stand out right before June 30 (a date that has absolutely no significance other than it being the end of the school's fiscal calendar) while most people are just thinking about getting to the 4th of July festivities is not going to be enough to drive up participation rates from young alums. Some excellent insights here and I wholeheartedly agree - the Venmo suggestion is fantastic. I wonder if that's something that can be leveraged by the Development office.
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