December 19, 2002

BOISE STATE FOUNDATION RAISES $191,000 DURING PHONATHON 2002

With the highest number of pledges in six years, the Boise State Foundation raised more that $191,000 during "Phonathon 2002," the university announced.

All of the money raised during the annual fund drive is used to enhance academic scholarships and programs at Boise State.

More than 3,600 alumni, employees and friends — the most since 1996 — pledged contributions to the fund drive, which is operated and administered by the Foundation.

"Thanks to the hard work of our 87 dedicated student callers, we attempted to reach more than 59,000 alumni and friends of the university and contacted 14,135 of them," said Brandon Smith, Boise State Foundation director of annual giving. "The three groups that have the greatest impact in supporting the annual fund-raising campaign are Boise State’s faculty and staff, the university’s alumni and our friends. Our contributors were well represented by all of these groups."

The amount raised during Phonathon 2002 surpassed the 2001 drive by $23,000.

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Brandon Smith

Boise State Foundation

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Bob Evancho

University Relations

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