Classmates,
Thanks to all that have participated in this year’s All Academy Challenge, and a special “thank you” to Rusty Cone for his challenge gift. Rusty made a $5,000 gift to our class project supporting the Alumni Center once ‘78 had 100 donors. So far, ‘78 has 175 participants in the Challenge, and our Class has raised almost $200,000 towards our 50th class gift supporting the the Alumni Center with several classmates signing up to be plank owners. Here are the top five classes supporting the Challenge*:
Grad Year # Donors Class Participation %
- 1984 193 21.09
- 1965 191 32.54
- 1978 175 20.37
- 1981 144 16.63
- 1974 135 18.17
*As of 5:00 pm CST, Wednesday, May 19, 2021
There are about 32 hours left in the challenge. If you are interested in participating go to www.navy.allacademychallenge.com and make your gift of any size as participation is what wins the Challenge. If you want to also support our Class Gift to the Alumni Center then simply choose “Alumni Center – all classes” when making your gift. If you want to participate in the Challenge and become an Alumni Center plank owner then go to this link for more information, www.usna.com/support/plankowner or, if you are ready to become a plank owner go to www.usna.com/give/plankowner.
Fair winds…
Glen
Glen Woods
President, USNA Class of 1978