“A Foundation for the Kingdom” on its way to $1,000,000”
Board votes to push on with campaign
With renewed interest from a large group of alumni, the Alpha Delta House Association board met Thursday, July 30 and voted unanimousl
“A Foundation for the Kingdom” on its way to $1,000,000”
Board votes to push on with campaign
With renewed interest from a large group of alumni, the Alpha Delta House Association board met Thursday, July 30 and voted unanimously to continue the fight to re-engineer our fraternity at Penn State. In a vote of 6-0, the board agreed to continue past the September 15, 2009 checkpoint milestone. The Board is pleased with the overwhelming response from alumni over the recent summer months.
The board agreed on a deadline of August 15, 2010 in order to reach our goal of $2.25 MM. “Re-creating an entire organization doesn’t happen overnight, in fact it has taken years, but we are finally seeing the previous apathy from members of our organization turn into renewed interest,” said Bob Martin, who agreed to continue on as campaign chair through this date. “I think guys believe in our plan and are putting their money where the rubber meets the road.” Bob attributes this renewed interest not only to the belief in the business plan, but the fact that we are finally getting our message out to our members.
The board agreed that now is the time to aggressively move forward. More alumni have made written pledges to the campaign in the last 6 months than they had in the previous two years but much work still needs to be done in a short period of time. “The belief that Chi Phi, Alpha Delta can still provide a great character building and leadership experience that we experienced still remains,” Martin said. He agreed to stay on as campaign chair so long as a key metric is met—reach $1,000,000 in written pledges by December 31, 2009.
As of this writing, the campaign has received $744,692.24 in written pledges from 131 out of 981 living alumni (13.3% of our alumni members). We have a specific strategic plan in place to get us to $1 MM but we must act now. Hitting this preliminary goal doesn’t assure us success but puts us well on our way to overall goal.
The strong possibility of providing a tax-deductible option to alumni once they begin making payment on their pledges is another sign of optimism. We are confident this will be a key factor to getting us to our overall goal. Join us now by downloading and completing a pledge form. Remember, you don’t need to make a payment on your pledge until we meet our goal. Make your pledge today.