The Sage Fund for Excellence

Don't forget to make your gift before our fiscal year ends tonight at 11:59pm EST! https://www.alumni.sage.edu/s/1804/bp20/interior.aspx

There are just 2 days left! Tomorrow, June 30, marks the last day of our giving year. Please consider making a gift today or tomorrow before our giving year ends. Donor support makes all of our success possible and we could not do it without you!

Calling all 1s, 6s, 0s and 5s: You have until TODAY at midnight to register for Reunion 2021! To access the Virtual Platform YOU MUST REGISTER in advance! Use the link below to register: https://www.alumni.sage.edu/s/1804/bp20/interior.aspx... When registering don’t forget to make your class reunion gift!

Congratulations to the Class of 2021, all of your hard work has paid off! Please be sure to keep in touch and update your contact information using the link in our bio (https://www.alumni.sage.edu/s/1804/bp20/interior.aspx). All those that update their contact info will be entered in a raffle to win a diploma frame! There is also still time to pay it forward. All graduating students from the Class of 2021 (undergraduate and graduate) who commit to donating $20.21 a year for the next 10 years (total pledge of $202.10) will have this year’s gift of $20.21 matched, dollar for dollar, by generous donors Richard and Donna Robinson Esteves ’70 H’16. Visit https://www.alumni.sage.edu/s/1804/bp20/interior.aspx to make your gift today.

We are pleased to share that the Class of 1971 won our Cheers to the Years Reunion Giving Challenge. They had the highest number of donors AND the highest dollars raised. We are also pleased to share that $12,777 was raised as part of the challenge. Thank you to all that participated! All those that made a gift on Friday from the Class of 1971, will receive a limited edition 2021 Reunion koozie to use during Reunion weekend. Koozies will be mailed out prior to Reunion weekend and will be red in honor of our winners.

There is still time to make your gift and have it included in our Cheers to the Years Reunion Giving Challenge! Those that make a gift on Cheers to the Years and are from a winning class will receive a limited edition 2021 Reunion koozie to use during Reunion weekend. Visit sage.edu/cheerstotheyears for more information about the challenge and to track the progress. Stay tuned for the final results, which will be shared early next week!

Meet Victoria McLean ’22! Victoria is a Nutrition Science Major and a Women’s Studies Minor. Her goal is to become a registered dietitian. She is very excited to be one of the ambassadors for the new Women’s Institute. She has a passion for Women’s Studies and a desire to learn more about gender equality and awareness. Listening and learning from women’s voices and working to create a more equal future are all important ideals to Victoria and something she views as essential to her identity. She is anxious to use this opportunity to lead other women to become leaders and advocates. We hope you will consider supporting the Women’s Institute this year. Don’t forget, your gift will also count toward our Mascot Madness challenge. https://www.alumni.sage.edu/s/1804/bp20/interior.aspx

Congratulations to the Purple Cows who were the winners of our most recent Mascot Madness challenge! Bush Memorial is lit up in PURPLE in your honor. Stay tuned for our next challenge!

Mascot Madness Update: We are excited to announce that 4 alumnae (one from each mascot) have stepped up to each offer a $5,000 matching! It is also time for our first mini challenge. Whichever mascot is in the lead by Monday, February 22, will have Bush Memorial lit up in their mascot's color on Tuesday, February 23.

MASCOT MADNESS 2021 HAS BEGUN! Join us for a friendly competition among the Red Devils, Golden Horseshoes, Purple Cows, and Blue Angels. NEW THIS YEAR: Our mascots are presenting the BIG 4 Challenge. The Sage Fund for Excellence allows us to fund the college’s greatest priorities. This year we are focusing on 4 major priorities; Student Affordability COVID Expenses... The Women’s Institute Student Retention YOUR GIFT directed toward any of these priorities will count toward Mascot Madness. The mascot with the highest number of gifts to The Sage Fund for Excellence by March 31st will be crowned the winner! Help your mascot come out on top, multiple gifts count toward the challenge, so give early and give often. To learn more about Mascot Madness and to make your gift visit sage.edu/mascotmadness

Russell Sage College will be closed Dec. 21, 2020 - Jan. 1, 2021 for energy conservation. For tax purposes, if you plan to make a gift to Sage this calendar year, cash or check gifts that are mailed must be postmarked by 12/31/20 or credit card payments can be made online until 12/31/20 via our secure website by using this link: sage.edu/sagefund. To make a gift of securities, the securities must be received in our brokerage account on or before December 31, 2020. Securitie...s transfer instructions can be found by using this link: http://sage.edu/givingsecurities Thank you for your generous support of Sage and have a wonderful holiday season.