| Annual
Fund Phonathon Update |
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Pledge
comparisons
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Fall
2001
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Fall
2002
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Pledge
Rate
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26%
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31%
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Average
Gift
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$59.00
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$62.00
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Dollars
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$258,735
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$272,466
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Donors
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4,372
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4,406
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After
the fall 2002 phonathon, the top caller was
Megan McDonald, the winner of a free round-trip
airline ticket sponsored by Montana Travel.
Megan, a sophomore landscape design major
from Great Falls, received 563 pledges for
a total of $30,949. |
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| Excuses,
Excuses, Excuses: During last fall's phonathon,
some interesting/amusing comments were received.
Here are a few samples: (we're not making these
up!) |
- The
man's mother-in-law said "[her son-in-law] is
off making babies and he won't be back for a
few months."
- Answering
machine: "I've fallen and I can't answer the
phone."
- Now
is not a good time. I'm putting my boy away."
- The
prospect said he was performing surgery on his
own knee and to call back later.
- "Can
you call back because I have one kid on the
toilet, one kid throwing up, and I'm trying
to fix dinner."
- The
son answered and said his dad could not come
to the phone because he was doing the polka.
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