Centennial Campaign builds momentum

Gauntlet Thrown at Young Alumni

Introducing the Young Alumni Challenge—If 350 Reedies who graduated in the last ten years make a gift by December 31, trustee Linda Hammill Matthews ’67 will give Reed $50,000. Linda is mounting this challenge to invite young alumni to have a stake in Reed’s success.

If you’re a recent grad, you might be thinking, “What difference can my gift to Reed make?” Your gift joins with a stream of others from recent grads and makes a direct impact on the student experience, from financial aid to fine arts, from Hum 110 to thesis mentorship.

Young alumni give for all kinds of reasons: some out of appreciation, some as a statement of value, some out of recognition of the impact Reed has had on their lives. Here are a few reasons submitted with gifts from recent grads:

“After graduating from Reed and attending grad school, I’ve found that it is rare to find a place where people value education as an end in itself, where people talk about ideas, and where people take the initiative to shape their character and eventually the world they live in.”
—Tina Le ’08

“Reed offers us the ability to identify and break down the self-limiting structures by which we live our lives and empowers us to create them anew. Fundamentally, that is freedom, and freedom is invaluable.”
—Matthew Koren ’07

“I don’t have much now, but I try to believe that everyone doing a little bit adds up somewhere. Besides, Olde Reed and Nü Reed need each other.”
—Tracy Mehoke ’08

To make your own gift and help trigger the $50,000 match, click here.