Football tailgate

Just had my first opportunity to work an ASU football game! One major way that we show appreciation for or try to build relationships with donors is through home football games. The Foundation has three suites in the stadium. Every home game a gift officer is designated as the host of one of the suites and he or she invites major donors from their portfolio (normally those with the capacity to give $25,000 or more). Until now, I just helped coordinate the events: I decorated the suites ahead of time, handled the catering orders and put together bio-sheets with information about each of the guests. Last week one of the gift officers had extra space in their suite, so I got to attend. It was a pretty good time. I got to go to the President’s tailgate, which had some really good food. Then in the suites I got to meet and speak with some very interesting people. A couple guests had their MPA’s from ASU so it was great to hear how they were using their degrees. Overall, it was a great networking experience and it was a fun way to watch a football game…even though it wasn’t much of a game - we destroyed Colorado!