It's all about participation

We’re all in this together.

We know. The $400 million goal for our Vassar 150: World Changing campaign can be awe-inspiring. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s appropriate that Vassar’s goal should be ambitious, because that’s entirely in keeping with our past and our future. There is no denying the vital importance of large gifts in helping us to achieve that goal. But many a potential donor to Vassar might feel that her or his gift is not significant enough to matter.

And that, quite simply, isn’t true. To reach our monetary goal, Vassar needs gifts of every size. Every gift counts. And so our Vassar 150: World Changing campaign has participation goals in addition to monetary benchmarks. For the sesquicentennial year of 2011, we are aiming for 11,000 alumnae/i donors, which represents an increase of nearly 10 percent over 2010. New participation goals will be announced as our campaign continues.

Our Vassar 150: World Changing campaign represents all of the College’s alumnae/i, parents and friends coming together to give back. It’s our opportunity to do our part in helping to propel Vassar into the next century and a half.