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Post by alum on Jan 25, 2019 8:22:06 GMT -5
The 2019 Giving Challenge is open. Please consider making a donation. Here is the email I received from the Crusader Athletic Fund Over Homecoming today and tomorrow, Holy Cross is celebrating 175 years of the impact of Holy Cross alumni in their communities and the world.
You can be a difference maker for Holy Cross Athletics and current and future student-athletes by investing in their success and helping to provide them with the highest quality student-athlete experience.
For every 1,000 gifts the College receives over these two days, a group of alumni and parents will donate $250,000 to multiply the impact!
During the 175th anniversary challenge, please consider supporting our student-athletes by making a gift to the Crusader Athletics Fund.
GO CRUSADERS!
Cara Hanrahan Abraham
Director, Crusader Athletics FundThis is the link. www.givecampus.com/schools/CollegeoftheHolyCross/hc-175-celebrating-difference-makers/?a=2107488As of 8:21 am, 296 donors have given more than $31,000. Last year there were 5971 donations. If they can get 6000 averaging $150 each, that would be about $2.1 million in a day and a half. Not too shabby.
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Post by td128 on Jan 25, 2019 8:40:31 GMT -5
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to US!!
Let's Win!!
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Post by alum on Jan 25, 2019 14:40:25 GMT -5
1706 donors so far. They have given about $300,000 and there has been one $250,000 donation based upon the first 1000 donors.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 25, 2019 15:04:50 GMT -5
I made a nice (by my standards) donation to Crusader Athletics in December, but let myself be swayed by the "matching gifts" component of this challenge and made another, smaller, contribution. Obviously that's the intent of these campaigns......
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 25, 2019 15:23:37 GMT -5
The website lets you track the campaign's progress towards its goal. You can even see what each class has given, e.g.
Class of 1975 has 21 donors and $6,165 donated
Class of 1970 has 17 donors and $ 2,250 donated
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Post by alum on Jan 25, 2019 15:40:16 GMT -5
Crusader Athletic Fund as of 3:39 pm
Designation Donors Dollars Football (The Gridiron Club) 74 $8,825 Track & Field/Cross Country 72 $6,734 Crew 52 $6,235 Fund for Athletics Excellence 50 $4,917 Lacrosse 43 $4,695 Baseball 42 $5,137 Parenteau Swimming and Diving Fund 36 $5,935 Basketball 34 $3,346 Softball 29 $1,852 Ice Hockey 27 $2,844 Cheerleading 21 $2,375 Soccer 19 $1,263 Field Hockey 16 $1,370 Volleyball 10 $1,140 Tennis 8 $615 Golf 7 $470
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 26, 2019 23:25:39 GMT -5
5,986 donors & $2.4MM as of 11:25
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 28, 2019 8:17:36 GMT -5
6,045 total donors, $2,406K total.
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Post by lou on Jan 28, 2019 8:34:11 GMT -5
Making a donation has become as easy as making an Amazon Prime purchase
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Post by alum on Jan 28, 2019 9:23:10 GMT -5
I would be interested in what percentage of the donors are making their annual fund gift as part of these challenges as opposed to making an additional gift as KY noted he did above. Either way, it seems like a good deal. I cannot imagine that student callers dialing at dinner time works very well anymore so this model, especially since it is several months from the end of the fundraising year, is probably effective.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 29, 2019 17:43:06 GMT -5
Final is 6342 donors and $2,684K
The 6342 is a record.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 29, 2019 19:38:26 GMT -5
Record for what? Each of these special donation events has been different with different time frames and different “bonuses.”
Christene Riendeau is a wonderful person and deserves kudos along with her team.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 30, 2019 6:29:59 GMT -5
Record for what? Each of these special donation events has been different with different time frames and different “bonuses.” Christene Riendeau is a wonderful person and deserves kudos along with her team. To answer your question, record number of donors for one of these challenges. The challenges themselves have morphed from something that was athletics-centric to the very recent and current school-wide challenge. Indeed, one could direct a gift to the college's financial aid program (which is endowment).
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Post by breezy on Jan 30, 2019 7:50:24 GMT -5
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