March 2010
2 posts
Loving the class report? If you haven’t pls consider donating to help defray costs + support future reunion funds! http://bit.ly/05book
Chicago Happy Hour - April 8th
Please join us for Chicago Happy Hour in honor of the 5th Reunion… ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 alumni are welcome to attend. April 8th 7-9pm. The Southern in Wicker Park. RSVP to stephanie.kendall@gmail.com. Spread the word.
February 2010
1 post
'05 Reunion Cocktail Party in Boston - Thursday,...
Dear Boston-based ‘05 Classmates - Next Thursday, my wife Meghan (‘06) and I will be hosting a cocktail party at our apartment to celebrate our upcoming ‘05 reunion. We hope many of you can make it! Here are the details: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7:00 to 9:00 PM - Haggerty/Rosenbaum apartment, 40 Joy Street, # 6, Boston (on Beacon Hill). Please RSVP to Zoe Hack...
January 2010
1 post
why I gave, jessica vascellaro
Last night, while helping interview Harvard applicants, I met a wonderful and very underprivileged kid. I asked him why he was applying to Harvard and he said that his mom cleaned houses for a Harvard grad when he was young and the grad convinced him he too could attend the school one day. But he said what really made the difference was the regular emails and support he got from Harvard...
December 2009
6 posts
Many of you got calls from the Cambridge phonathon last night—please make your gift by clicking on “Participate in our class gift” on the right!
Have strong opinions about why you give to Harvard? (Or haven’t …yet). Check out this survey from FAS Dean Mike Smith: http://surveys.yourinsights.net/prp9091/start.php?PID=HCLD-0000921499 Jessica Vascellaro Wall Street Journal 201 California Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 765-6154 (work) (347) 754-1037 (cell) www.twitter.com/jvascellaro
we did it! made it to 10% this week. looking forward to doubling that number soon. :)
9.25% (+3 gifts) -
can we get the next .75% today and tomorrow? that would be awesome.
9.06% on the day
can we do 10% by the end of the week? Currier is dominating with 16.9% — can Currier get to 20% ?— all questions to which we will have answers soon enough…
we are at 8.81% on 12/1
at the start of december, we stand at 8.81% and 141 gifts, we are leading 2004 (which at this point had 116 gifts and 7.30% of the class) — but we can do better.
right now at a flat run we are scheduled to come in at 26.2% participation across the class — which is a definite improvement from recent years, but one might argue still a weak showing vs. the 70+% that princeton does....
November 2009
11 posts
+3 = 8.16% & lets pull a hat-trick at harvard/yale
hope to see a ton of people this weekend out for harvard/yale — while we are trashing yale on the football field, (and perhaps ourselves outside the stadium) — why not make it a hat-trick and trash the tigers at their own game? — we are at 8.16% — care to up it http://bit.ly/H2005
8% flat -- way to go 2005 -- we are cooking
hope to see you all at the game — sam
Thanks to everyone who came by the Bay Area event last night! It was great to see you all. Would love to hear your reactions to the event. Feel free to do so by commenting on this post. (Or, if you want some of the leftovers, tell me when you want to come by :)). A strong Harvard is important for innovation in all the areas we care about, such as tech, clean energy and entrepreneurship. If you...
Compared to the class of ‘04 on this date, we have 10 more donors (110 vs. 100) and a higher participation rate (6.9% vs. 6.3%). Let’s pull ahead even more by the end of the month!
if you read the below message on twitter, visit http://harvard2005.com/ for all the details of The Game. :)
126th Playing of the Harvard-Yale Game (aka “The Game”) Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009 Location: Yale Bowl — New Haven, CT Kick-Off: 12 noon Tickets: Call the Harvard Ticket Office at 617-495-2211 Parking: NEW THIS YEAR — General admission parking will not be available at the Yale Bowl. All parking at the Yale Bowl will require a parking pass purchased in advance through...
7.00% is the magic number for participation
we are rolling, 7% isn’t bad for November 10% — sam
6.81% is the magic number of the day - we are slowly getting there :)
progress, +2 more since 11/3.... = 106 gifts &...
Princeton 2005 on 10/30 is still lagging, with just 5 reported gifts, but don’t let them fool you — they are just biding their time — let’s compound our lead before they pour on the sprint
6.5% for today, +2 gifts = 104 to date
not bad, but we need to pick up the pace to pass 2004 by the holidays — if you haven’t yet, donate at http://bit.ly/H2005
October 2009
20 posts
+4 for Friday = 5.94% total participation
have an awesome weekend
Tomorrow (10/29) is the class of 2005 write-a-thon. Go to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200058304 and click on the discussion tab to join in on the writing fun!
+7 GIFTS, YAH! - 5.68% TOTAL
we are moving the needle up day by day - this is our biggest single day gain yet - if you have given and want to add a shout out to the blog, do it on the right and side of this blog - harvard2005.com
+5 new gifts yesterday = 5.13% total particpation
now we are cooking with gas :) — if you haven’t already, ask your friends to contribute to the momentum — we will be past ‘04 by the holidays —
Calling all Bay Area ‘05ers (or those looking for an excuse to visit) We are having a party to celebrate our upcoming reunion! Keep checking this site for more details, but here are the basics. Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:30 to 9:30 Location: Vascellaro Home, 2700 Broadway Street Please RSVP To Zoe Hack (zoe_hack@harvard.edu) if you can come. Members of the class of 2004 and class of...
5 New Gifts Today: up to 4.8% total
the march continues
no new gifts today +0
//typos should be owned, not excused//
did you know? we are opening a big early lead over...
Princeton is a perennial participation champ…. but at last time of publication their class of 2005 had just 0.4% participation, to Harvard’s 4.5% — let’s get out ahead and keep running! —sam
Jessica Vascellaro, Currier
This is a shout-out to my rockstar blockmates — Rac, Kacie, Anna, Louise, Linds — who continue to amaze me with the cool stuff they are doing.
Meagan Marks, Dunster
This gift is dedicated to happiness. May everyone in the Class of 2005 find it, stumble upon it, trip over it, drown in it, lap it up and own it. Per Gandhi, ‘happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony……’ Very veritas. XX - Meagan Marks
Participation To Date = 4.50%, 72 Gifts To Date
as of 10/22 morning report…
This year, we are doing something a bit different - every day we will be reporting our daily participation rate. More on this soon, but for now - help us get an early jolt:
http://bit.ly/H2005
Nicholas Josefowitz, Quincy Said:
Ryan Fitzpatrick’s defeat of the Jets was an inspiration for this gift.
a great event in NYC
the class of 2005 had a great event in NYC last night… we went over a bit of history, the state of play - and had a great discussion with Kate Gellert ‘93 — about her experiences. Eli, Ernesto, Andrew, Amarachi, I all gave updates…. and brian myers asked about hot breakfasts. Overall a lot of fun catching up with classmates and doing an NYC kickoff,
sam
goal #1: let's have 2004 behind us before...
the harvard class of 2004 had a total class participation rate of 28.4% - we think that 2005 can have that in our rear view mirror by christmas
to participate:
1. goto the online form and make a donation - it can be as little as $10 ($2.50 per year of education, $2 a year since graduation)
2. say hi to the class - we would love to hear why you donated, a memory, whatever you want - we...
fill out your class bio - what have you been up... →
the November 15th date is coming up fast… take the time to check this out early - because it might require some thought, and it certainly requires you remember your post.harvard logon, no small feat for some
The End of Email - from Jessica Vascellaro '05 →
this was a very discussed Wall Street Journal article by Jessica Vascellaro - ‘05 — what do you guys think, is email dead?
and for our official college fund page →
donate to our class reunion gift now! →
to get a head start…
2005 Fifth Reunion Write-A-Thon!
Are you stumped about what to write in your Class Report essay? Join us for the Fifth Anniversary Report Write-a-thon! Commit now and make Thursday, October 29, 2009, your day to write or edit your essay for the Class Report. Come collaborate with us and reconnect with the Class of 2005, any time during the day and into the night, by visiting our Group’s discussion thread, labeled Write-a-thon!...