2024 Forester Day

Yesterday on Forester Day, 1,870 Foresters gave $624,163 in support of the College. We are grateful to you, and to our entire Forester Family, for coming together to support the amazing possibilities a Lake Forest College education fosters.

Thank you for your gift and for helping to shape a brighter future for our students!

Click here for photos: Forester Day Celebration

We just hit 1,629 donors and have unlocked $25,000 from the Trustee Challenge! Keep the momentum going, Foresters!

We're halfway to our donation goal with 1,465 gifts! Let's keep the momentum going—keep donating to support the bright future of our students.

Forester Legend Spike Gummere, Senior Director of Gift Planning Rich Bartolozzi '86, and Director of Alumni Engagement Kim Baker are available to talk and help you make your gift now until 1 p.m. at 847-735-6000!

We are grateful to the members of our Board of Trustees for their dedication to the College and gifts to support today's Trustee Challenge.

Officers 

• William A. Lowry ’84, Chairman
• Marisue Lacher, Vice-Chairman
• Stephen C. Strelsin, Secretary

Charter Trustees

• Earl J. Barnes II ’86 

• Charles M. Brennan III 

• William G. Brown
• John D. Carruthers ’78
• Jessica Q. Coleman ’89
• William Connell
• Geoffrey M. Curtis ’97
• Doni Fordyce-Urfirer ’81

• Karen F. Frost ’88
• David F. Gorter ’80
• Robert D. Krebs

• Marisue Lacher
• Randall S. Lauer ’81

• William A. Lowry ’84
• Martino R. Moore ’99
• Craig Omtvedt
• Mark W. Shadle ’84
• Joanne Storkan
• Stephen C. Strelsin
• Alexander D. Stuart
• Sean W. Thomas ’81
• Claudia Wyatt-Johnson ’69

National Trustees

• Michael Abello
• M. Mercedes Badia-Tavas 
• Devon C. Bruce
• Robert W. Crawford Jr. 
• Vicki Angel Hagan '88
• Cristen Kogl '88
• Shao-Lee Lin
• K. Scott Meloun '81
• Diana Moore
• Robert S. Murley
• Dr. Angelique L. Richard ’85
• Lisa Smith P'23

Life Trustees

• Daniel D. Dolan Jr. ’80
• Russell W. Fisher
• James P. Gorter
• Paula P. Lillard
• David B. Mathis ’60
• Marian P. Pawlick
• Lorna Pfaelzer
• Rhoda A. Pierce ’60

Ex Officio Trustees

• Susan DuMont  ’07
• Jill M. Baren, President, Lake Forest College

We couldn't have done it without you!

Lake Forest College deeply appreciates the Forester Day Champions who led the way with their increased gifts this fiscal year and created the Champions Challenge to encourage new gifts. Thank you!

• Michelle and Kyle Bedalov 
• Tam Tills and Sally Booy 
• Jeremy H. Chase '70 
• Ann Chipman 
• Cynthia Hahn 
• Peter and Ann DuBois 
• Ted Dunn 

• Chris Ellertson 
• Brian Fife 

• Les Fossel 
• Vicki Gerentes 
• Kent Grote 
• Nancy Harris ‘71, P ‘06 
• Whitney and Jacob Heaps 
• Jacob and Whitney Heaps 
• Marie Josephitis 
• Mackenzie Knowling 
• Gerry Korkin '66 
• Skip Kovacs 
• Jessica L. Gardner 
• Lisa Ledvora ‘16 
• Vernard Lockhart Jr., MPP, '08 
• Ned Loughridge 
• Dennis Maiman '72 
• Hanelle Culpepper Meier
• Sam and Hannah (Samberg) Mercier '16 
• Bill Moylan 
• CJ Myers 
• Jim Oddo '83 and Linda Oddo 
• Andrew V. Palmer '16 
• Brian Quinn '71
• Jackie Slaats 
• Rachel Stickney 
• Janet Story '83 
• Kris Sundberg 
• Nikki Thompson '02 
• Neil Tolciss 
• John and Peggy Tomick 
• Phyllis Watson 
• Chris Way '14 & Jason Ott 
• James Wendt 
• Suzanne Zuckerman Werner 
• Phyllis Wyatt Watson

Race to 29 and Race to 129 donors!

• The *first 10* funds to reach 29 donors receive a $290 match -- thanks to this year's Champions Challengers.

• The *first 5* funds to reach 129 donors receive a $529 match -- thanks to this year's Champions Challengers.

Flash Matches: Keep your eyes peeled! We've got two special Flashes this year - one tied to a giveaway of Lake Forest College-branded stationary cards and a social media match tied to a gift of $290 matched to the area of your choice! 

Anonymous, Trustees, & Presidential Challengers

• On Forester Day, an Anonymous Donor, Trustees, and Presidential Challengers are watching the leaderboards to make BIG matching gifts. If we can hit 529, 1,529, and 2,229 donor milestones, we'll unlock major gifts from these Forester Day champions!
• When we reach our goal of 2,929 donors we'll unlock $150,000! 

ALL CURRENT STUDENTS! 

🏆 Go, Foresters! Class Competition

Monday, February 26 to Thursday, February 29 Lunch and Dinner hours, outside the Skybox, Mohr Student Center 

We’ll be tracking Forester pride! If each class reaches 55% participation, we’ll donate a special treat on campus during finals week for students who give a gift as our way of saying thank you. Stop by and pick up a ‘Forester Day’ t-shirt (while supplies last) with a minimum $5 donation (Boomer Bucks accepted) to the area you care most about. Free giveaways, candy, snacks, and more!  We accept Boomer Bucks, Venmo, PayPal, Apple Pay, GooglePay, Credit/Debit cards, and cash gifts.

Class of 2024 Challenge: The Class of 2024 Challenge is all about paying it forward to those that follow in your footsteps. Give through Thursday, February 29 (Forester Day) either outside the skybox at lunch or dinner or online for your chance to be entered into the grand prize raffle. Must be a graduating Forester in May 2024 to win! 

LEAVE YOUR LEGACY! All seniors that give to the Class of 2024 Challenge will receive a Philanthropy cord (you'll receive it at cap and gown pick up) to wear at this year's graduation to show you are 'all in' to paving the way for the next class of Foresters following in your footsteps. 

Class of 2024 Grand Prize: VIP Ravinia Parking Pass at graduation on May 11. Receive an VIP parking pass to help make your day extra special. 

Class of 2024 Recurring Donor Prize - Give a recurring gift of $20.24 yearly (for two years) or a recurring gift of $1.69 per month (for two years) and walk away TODAY with a Lake Forest College branded graduation tumbler. 

📣📣📣 Your participation is key to helping us reach the day's goal, and unlocking major matching gifts along the way!