FALL 2025

As the end of the calendar year approaches and in-boxes and mailboxes fill up with an abundance of requests for financial support, we ask you to consider the impact your Mount Holyoke education has had on your life and the role the college continues to play in providing the best possible liberal arts education to the current generation of students. We are extremely fortunate to have President Danielle Holley at the helm of Mount Holyoke at this particular moment in time with educational institutions and academic freedoms under threat. President Holley is a national leader in the effort to protect our cherished academic freedoms. 

Mount Holyoke College remains true to its foundational principles and deserves our support. As you consider your year-end charitable contributions, please keep Mount Holyoke in your heart and support the college as best you can.

Our Mount Holyoke Fund goal for the year is $200,000 with 50% participation. The fall appeal letter has gone out and over 20 of you had already responded as of October 27. Thank you to those who have done so. 

In giving to the annual Mount Holyoke Fund, you help sustain the work of the college in the current fiscal year. Gifts to endowments are appreciated but do not count toward our our dollar goal for current needs (although they do count toward our participation goal). If you choose to do so, you can designate one of a number of areas of need, One newer designation, the MHC Forward Fund, gives President Holley and College leadeship the ability to act quickly “to provide critical, flexible resources ... to defend academic freedom, support students affected by global and domestic pressures, and sustain Mount Holyoke’s bold, inclusive mission”. If you choose to designate your gift to the MHC Forward Fund you may need to make a note to that effect. There are many other areas toward which you can direct your contribution, including Athletics, Residence Hall Renewal, Scholarships, etc. if you have a special interest. 

How to Donate
By Mail to: Office of Development                                                                                                                                              Mount Holyoke College                                                                                                                                            PO Box 889                                                                                                                                                              South Hadley, MA 01075-0889

On-line to mtholyoke.edu/go/mhcgiveor 

By Phone 800-642-4483

If you prefer using PayPal or Venmo, those are also options.  

Jane Bragg and Elli Rogan, Co-head class agents

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