Submitting letters: Please submit as a Microsoft word document, text formatted and send via email, fax (641-269-4313), or U.S. mail.

Class Advisors/Editors: Your class advisor will help you with ideas, edits and questions for your letter.

• For those in the classes of 1928 - 1954: Jeff Fields '90
  
• For those in the classes of 1955 - 1965: Severin Roberts
  
• For those in the classes of 1966 - 1987: Buddy Boulton
  
• For those in the classes of 1988 - 2007: Jeff Fields '90
  

Printing letters: CFD letter advisors process letters as soon as they are submitted. These are the internal steps:

• catalog letter
• edit; with CFD review of only major edits
• layout for printing including preparation for mail merging
• request mailing list from other staff members
• review mailing list
• code mailing in alumni records
• order supplies and ship to print house
• print letters, envelopes, inserts (pledge form)
• ship letters for hand signatures and personal notes
• stuff/mail letters

Signing Letters: It is recommended when possible that CFDs sign each letter by hand and add brief notes to classmates regardless of whether or not the CFD knows them. Thanking a classmate for past support, expressing the hope for an increased gift or a renewal of lapsed support, or a quick hello are all effective notes.

Include congratulations on a new job, a new child, or a new degree. If someone recently moved, they can be asked how things are going at the new location. This is a chance for a CFD to connect person-to-person with classmates. These personal touches improve the participation of alumni in the class gift through the Pioneer Fund.

Mail and Postage: Mail the letters from home or return with signatures for further stuffing and mailing from Grinnell. There are three options for postage:

• Grinnell College can provide stamped envelopes.
• Postage can be reimbursed by submitting receipts with the reimbursement/gift credit form.
• Gift credit can be awarded when a CFD pays for postage. They can then take the tax deduction at the end of the year.

Guest writers: Guest writers provide a different perspective for Grinnellians to consider. Guest writers make a personal statement about one's own sense of philanthropy and reasons for giving. There is never one person or one case that will connect with every classmate.