John A. Coleman Catholic High School of Hurley, NY is building an online community with Alumni Channel to launch on September 12. Coleman Catholic is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The school contains grades 9 – 12. It was established in 1966 and since 2001 has operated independently from the Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

Social media and mobile technology have fundamentally changed the way nonprofits communicate with their supporters. It has also changed the way nonprofits fund-raise online. Below is a list of Online Fundraising Best Practices for nonprofits to consider and integrate into their website, social media and mobile technology campaigns.

via DIOSA | Communications: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations.

Major gifts come from individuals who have great concern for your mission, with whom you have carefully built a value-based connection, and who have the capacity to be generous at the appropriate level. With proper use of your database tools, combined with the other strategies necessary for a major gift campaign, you can reach new heights in your fund raising program.

Susan P. Orr
Founder and CEO
Telosa Software, Inc.

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In this recorded webinar, Laura Quinn walks through, at a high level, the types of software that can help with fundraising, from the basics to the more advanced, as covered by our Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits. For each type of software, we’ll talk about how it can support fundraising, some popular vendors, and where to go for more information.

via Idealware.

AlumniFinder, a division of AccuData Integrated Marketing, announced the launch of WealthScore, a powerful research tool for development professionals that easily identifies potential donors with the discretionary means and propensity to donate.

Read more:  AlumniFinder Launches WealthScore, a Powerful Tool To Help Development Professionals Identify Donors – PRNewswire.

The newly-formed St. Agnes Cathedral School Alumni Association held its first ever All Class Reunion Celebration and All-Star basketball game in May at the St. Agnes Parish Center and gym. This event, which was also a school fundraiser, netted a total of $34,117. All proceeds will go toward the renovation and modernization of the school science lab.

Read more:  St. Agnes alumni raise more than $34K for school – LIHerald.com.

As high school fades further and further into the rear view mirror, there’s often a sense of nostalgia about the “good old days.” Graduation was 10, 20 or even 30 years ago and some of your “best friends forever” have gone on to bigger and better things. They’ve gotten married, had kids, changed jobs and lost touch with the gang that said they would never part. Starting a high school alumni association is a way to keep up with old friends and can be the foundation for reunions and other events.

New group for former Catholic school students

Local Catholic school alumni gather to save history

PLATTSBURGH, NY — For years, the Champlain Valley was the home to multiple Catholic high schools.

Though Seton Catholic Central (formerly Mount Assumption Institute and St. John’s Academy) is the only one left, alumni of all the former institutions now have a home with the Champlain Valley Catholic Schools Alumni Association.

The association decided to start a website through alumni networking site the Alumni Channel, helping organize its efforts to reach out to the nearly 5,000 alumni from 19 different countries that attended Catholic high schools over the years in the Champlain Valley.

“I want it to be a site where any alumni of Catholic schools in the area can be involved in,” Recore said.

The website’s administrator, he said the site includes classmate lists and discussion groups that can be useful for reunion planning. He also wants to include pictures, records and other memorabilia from all the former high schools on the site.

“Creating this website with the use of the Alumni Channel, it gives us a place where historical and contact information is available,” said Don Moore, the board’s treasurer. “For the older schools, trying to maintain contact was difficult, but this site is easier because all alumni can help us.”

New group for former Catholic school students » Faith & Spirituality » Press-Republican.

Facebook Makes Headway Around the World – NYTimes.com.

10 Ways Universities Are Engaging Alumni Using Social Media.