Reunion Gift Planning Timetable
| June - August | Ask amounts determined by staff and reviewed with Reunion Gift Chair (RGC) |
| August - Sept. | RGC recruits gift committee and notifies staff contact of newly-recruited gift committee members to be invited to ALC |
| Early September | Staff drafts initial class appeal letter based on overall messages. RGC provides staff contact with signature |
| Early October | Class appeal letters mailed |
| Sept. 30 - Oct. 15 | RGC and committee members have made own commitment (gift or pledge) |
| Oct. 19 - 20 | Alumnae/i Leadership Conference (ALC) & Homecoming at Wheaton |
| Oct./Nov. | Committee members and student callers follow-through with assigned solicitations, following up on RGC letter Gift Chair checks in with gift committee members to review progress |
| November | Tax year-end mailing (college mailing) |
| January | Staff reviews gifts and solicitations. Re-rate and re-assign if necessary. Staff drafts Reunion Gift Update memo and gets RGC approval/edits |
| February (wk. 1) | Reunion Gift Update memo mailed |
| March | Staff drafts letter for April solicitation mailing and gets RGC approval/edits |
| Mid April | Third reunion solicitation mailed |
| May 16 -18 | Reunion Weekend! Reunion Gift Update put in registration packets. Reunion Giving Tent set up outside Mary Lyon Hall. Solicitation at Reunion may occur (especially fruitful if the goal or a record seems attainable) |
| June | Follow-up with outstanding pledges and lybunts |
| July/August | RGC and/or class president writes thank you letter to the class with final results |
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