Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead engagement efforts for the class within the class committee.
• Work closely with your class manager and gift chair to help lead the committee.
• Participate in email threads, conference calls, and volunteer trainings.
• Lend your thoughts and opinions to decisions about class engagement and fundraising efforts.
• Edit class-based engagement communications (mailed and e-mail) on a regular basis.
• Attend Colby meetings and events in your area whenever possible.
• Encourage classmates to attend events throughout the year.
• Be creative and engage your class with the College.
• Select 10–15 classmates to contact and ask for their Colby Fund gift.
• Lead by example, make your gift to the Colby Fund at a level that exemplifies personal leadership EARLY in the fiscal year. Asking classmates to “join” you lends strength and credibility to your outreach.
• Keep up on Colby news.
• Act as an ambassador of the College. Communicate Colby’s priorities, mission, and goals to the class.
• Communicate with your Colby staff members—we are here to help!

Have fun! You’ll be renewing old friendships, making new ones, and maintaining long-established relationships, not to mention helping some remarkable students through your fundraising efforts. 

Time Commitment

• The fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.
• Term: One year and it’s renewable.
• Your efforts will be concentrated on three critical periods of the fiscal year: calendar year end, February for True Blue efforts that lead into Colby’s charter signing day, and the end of the fiscal year.

There is no one set time commitment. We will work with everyone’s schedules. 

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead fundraising efforts with the class committee.
• Work closely with your class manager and president to help lead the committee.
• Participate in email threads, conference calls, and volunteer trainings.
• Lend your thoughts and opinions to decisions about class engagement and fundraising efforts.
• Edit class-based fundraising communications (mailed and e-mail) on a regular basis.
• Attend Colby meetings and events in your area whenever possible.
• Encourage classmates to attend events throughout the year.
• Be creative and engage your class with the College.
• Select 10–15 classmates to contact and ask for their Colby Fund gift.
• Lead by example, make your gift to the Colby Fund at a level that exemplifies personal leadership EARLY in the fiscal year. Asking classmates to “join” you lends strength and credibility to your outreach.
• Keep up on Colby news.
• Act as an ambassador of the College. Communicate Colby’s priorities, mission, and goals to the class.
• Communicate with your Colby staff members—we are here to help!

Have fun! You’ll be renewing old friendships, making new ones, and maintaining long-established relationships, not to mention helping some remarkable students through your fundraising efforts. 

Time Commitment

• The fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.
• Term: One year and it’s renewable.
• Your efforts will be concentrated on three critical periods of the fiscal year: calendar year end, February for True Blue efforts that lead into Colby’s charter signing day, and the end of the fiscal year.

There is no one set time commitment. We will work with everyone’s schedules. 

Responsibilities

• Participate in email threads, conference calls, and volunteer trainings.
• Lend your thoughts and opinions to decisions about class engagement and fundraising efforts.
• Attend Colby meetings and events in your area whenever possible.
• Encourage classmates to attend events throughout the year.
• Be creative and engage your class with the College.
• Select 10–15 classmates to contact and ask for their Colby Fund gift.
• Lead by example, make your gift to the Colby Fund at a level that exemplifies personal leadership EARLY in the fiscal year. Asking classmates to “join” you lends strength and credibility to your outreach.
• Keep up on Colby news.
• Act as an ambassador of the College. Communicate Colby’s priorities, mission, and goals to the class.
• Communicate with your Colby staff members—we are here to help!

Have fun! You’ll be renewing old friendships, making new ones, and maintaining long-established relationships, not to mention helping some remarkable students through your fundraising efforts. 

Time Commitment

• The fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.
• Term: One year and it’s renewable.
• Your efforts will be concentrated on three critical periods of the fiscal year: calendar year end, February for True Blue efforts that lead into Colby’s charter signing day, and the end of the fiscal year.

There is no one set time commitment. We will work with everyone’s schedules. 

Responsibilities

• Join the 1813 Society by making a leadership annual gift
• One to Five Years – Minimum Annual Gift of $250 (or $21+ per month)
• Six to Ten Years – Minimum Annual Gift of $1,000 (or $84+ per month)
• Eleven Years or more – Minimum Annual Gift of $2,500 (or $209+ per month)
• Raise awareness about the 1813 Society by sharing its mission and impact within your alumni network.
• Identify and engage 10–15 classmates or alumni within your network to encourage joining the 1813 Society.
• Participate in volunteer trainings, conference calls, and email threads related to 1813 Society outreach.
• Attend Colby meetings and events in your area whenever possible.
• Support key Colby giving initiatives like True Blue and other philanthropic campaigns.
• Act as an ambassador for Colby, communicating the College’s priorities, mission, and goals to your peers.
• Lead by example, make your gift to the Colby Fund at a level that exemplifies personal leadership EARLY in the fiscal year.
• Asking classmates to “join” you lends strength and credibility to your outreach.
• Keep up on Colby news and share updates like upcoming events, key campaigns, and College achievements.
• Act as an ambassador of the College. Communicate Colby’s priorities, mission, and goals to the class.
• Communicate with your Colby staff members—we are here to help!

Have fun! You’ll be renewing old friendships, making new ones, and maintaining long-established relationships, not to mention helping some remarkable students through your fundraising efforts.

Time Commitment

• The fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.
• Term: One year with the option for renewal.
• Your efforts will be most concentrated during four key periods: the Fall Financial Aid Challenge, the end of the calendar year, February’s True Blue efforts leading into Colby’s charter signing day, and the end of the fiscal year.

There is no one set time commitment. We will work with everyone’s schedules.

Carmela Rossi, Director of Class Philanthropy and Engagement
Classes: 1971–1978, 1981–1984, 2000–2002
[email protected] | 207.859.4377

Aimee Dorval, Senior Associate Director of Class Philanthropy and Engagement
Classes: 1940–1969 (Golden Mules), 1970, 1985–1995, 2003–2010
[email protected] | 207.859.4371

Jared McNair ’24, Assistant Director of Class Philanthropy and Engagement
Classes: 1979–1980, 1996–1999, 2011–2025
[email protected] | 207.859.4328