Total gifts were up by 16 percent, while annual giving grew by an unprecedented 26 percent. The extraordinary growth in annual giving bodes very well for the long-term health of the college. Annual gifts represent the essential reservoir of people who care enough to make routine gifts to Bridgewater and who someday will become our major donors. This has been an extraordinary accomplishment in less than two years, and encourages us to look toward a public campaign during the year ahead.
Endowment funds provide a vital element of stability in an environment of fluctuating state support.
Since the principal is never touched, endowed funds provide support that will last as long as the institution. On the following pages we recognize those individual who made this extraordinary year possible. Please join us in celebrating these individuals and the sacrifices they made in order to contribute to Bridgewater State College. From all of us here on campus, thank you very much for all that you have accomplished.