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Volunteer Opportunities
Springfield College relies heavily on its class fundraising volunteers to help meet yearly dollar and participation goals. Personal contact from volunteers helps strengthen the bond alumni have with one another, their class, and the college. Such individualized person-to-person connections are the foundation of our annual fund.Volunteer opportunities include:
Class Agent:
Class Agents (or Reunion Class Agents during a reunion year) serve as the leader for class fundraising. Responsibilities include:- Make your own financial commitment before asking others to do the same.
- Work with the Office of Development staff to determine a solicitation strategy for your class, including direct mail, phone and electronic communications.
- Help with peer review: identifying potential giving capability of classmates.
- Author solicitation letters (2-3 per year) to your classmates to encourage their support.
- Recruit Associate Class Agents to help contact and solicit classmates.
- Maintain contact with Associate Class Agents on a regular basis.
- Contact 10-20 classmates through personal phone calls, notes, or visits to solicit their gift to the college, and relay gift/pledge information back to the college.
- Follow up with classmates to ensure that pledges are fulfilled, and to thank donors with handwritten notes or phone calls.
Associate Class Agent:
Associate Class Agents are members of the class fundraising team, and as such, are asked to:- Make your own financial commitment before asking others to do the same.
- Work with the Office of Development staff and your Class Agent to determine a solicitation strategy for your class, including direct mail, phone and electronic communications.
- Help with peer review: identifying potential giving capability of classmates.
- Contact 10-20 classmates through personal phone calls, notes, or visits to solicit their gift to the college, and relay gift/pledge information back to the college.
- Follow up with classmates to ensure that pledges are fulfilled, and to thank donors with handwritten notes or phone calls.
Reunion Giving Committee Member:
Every year, but especially in a reunion year, the team approach to fundraising is important. Our philosophy is that the more volunteers you have for a class, the more you are able to share the responsibility, and the greater your reach to classmates can be. Enlisting members of a committee who were involved in different activities and groups while on campus is one key to success. As a Reunion Giving Committee Member, you are asked to:- Make your own financial commitment before asking others to do the same.
- Work with the Office of Development staff and your Class Agent to determine a solicitation strategy for your class, including direct mail, phone and electronic communications.
- Help with peer review: identifying potential giving capability of classmates.
- Contact 10-20 classmates through personal phone calls, notes, or visits to solicit their gift, and encourage stretch gifts to the college in celebration of the reunion year, and relay gift/pledge information back to the college.
- Follow up with classmates to ensure that pledges are fulfilled, and to thank donors with handwritten notes or phone calls.
Become a Fundraising Volunteer
Contact LaraineRobison G'99 if you are interested to learn more about becoming a fundraising volunteer for Springfield College.
