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Originally Posted by aephi alum
I do not donate to my alma mater.
I participated in a five-year bachelor's/master's degree program. During my graduate year, I lived in graduate student housing with my then-fiancé, also a grad student. We didn't have caller ID, but if you got a call from on-campus you heard a double ring, while if you got a call from off campus you heard a single ring.
So he and I are in our apartment one evening when the phone rings - double ring.
Me: Hello?
Caller: Good evening, may I speak to aephi alum?
Me: This is she.
Caller: Hi, I'm calling on behalf of the school's telethon. For a generous donation of $250, you can -
Me: Hold it right there. You called my campus extension, right?
Caller: Yes...
Me: You only dialed five digits, right? You didn't dial 9, right?
Caller: Right...
Me: You therefore KNOW that I live in grad student housing, and am therefore more than likely a GRAD STUDENT. A POOR STARVING GRAD STUDENT. And YOU'RE asking me to fork over two hundred and fifty dollars???
Caller: Um... well, class participation percentage is more important than the dollar amount. You could maybe contribute $100, or...
Me: No.
Caller: Or even $25... or even $10... <sensing a lost cause>
Me: How about zero?!?
And I hung up.
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LOL!!! My alma mater has done the same and I too have to just hang up.
My situation is that it's not that I won't or wouldn't give to my alma mater, it's because my time & what spare money I do have usually goes to Kappa Alpha Theta causes--I support my chapter by volunteering (Advisory Board Chairman, Ritual Advisor, Administration Advisor, Facility Advisor) and I also purchase small things here and there for them like food & recruitment survival kits. I support my local alumnae group, which I founded as President and founded it to engage local alumnae to support my chapter. I am a yearly contributor to the Theta Foundation & our Friendship Fund. Being a Theta is one of the best decisions I've made and continues to be one of my greatest life experiences. It is both an honor and privilege to be able to give my time and what extra money I have to Theta, an organization that has and continues to give me so much.