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Thank
you Our
enthusiastic group of Longwood student telephone representatives
would like to say THANK YOU to the more than 4,000 alumni, parents
and friends of the College who made a gift during our Fall Telefund.
Thanks to your generosity, we had the most successful Fall Telefund
calling session ever! Your contributions to the Longwood Fund
will provide vital flexible annual funding for a host of programs
including scholarships, academic departments, presidential initiatives,
public relations and publications, and alumni programs.
Did we miss you during our calling session? You can still make a gift by going online at www.longwood.edu, you can call the Annual Giving staff at 1.800.281.4677, extension 3, or you can mail your gift to the Longwood College Foundation Inc., 201 High Street, Farmville,Virginia 23909. We look forward to talking to more of you in February when our Telefund resumes and we give more Longwood friends the chance to "Answer The Call" through a gift to the Annual Fund.
Fiscal
Year 2001, which ended on June 30, was the most successful year
for fund raising in the history of Longwood College, according
to Bobbie Burton, the college's vice president of Institutional
Advancement. More than $6
million in gifts from 7,712 donors was recorded.
"In
the past, Longwood typically raised between $1.2
million and $1.8 million," Burton said.
"The
previous high was in 1998 when a single gift of
$3.4 million boosted the total to $4.5 million. Last
year (FY2000) was a very good year at over $2.4
million."
During FY2001, the Longwood Fund the college's only source of unrestricted funds increased by 25 percent, and the total number of donors exceeded the FY2000 figure by 12 percent. Record increases also were posted in restricted annual support, capital/endowment funds and bequests. In
early January 2002, alumni and friends of Longwood College will
receive a President's Report that includes an Annual Report of
Gifts with a complete listing of all gifts between July 1, 2000
and June 30, 2001. The President's Report will summarize many
of the College's accomplishments over the past five years, as
well as provide a preview of
some upcoming plans.
To learn more about giving opportunities at Longwood College, visit us on the web at: http://www.longwood.edu/advancement/ or call 434.395.2028.
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