How do you turn today’s students into tomorrow’s active alumni donors? Start early, start authentically, and start with gratitude. This session explores Flint Hill School’s Grateful Huskies program — a scalable student engagement model turning philanthropy education into early alumni stewardship and participation.

Learn how authentic storytelling, peer-led initiatives, and mission-aligned stewardship tactics prepare students for life as alumni — while also stewarding parents, volunteers, and donors along the way.

Takeaways:

A roadmap for launching a student-to-alumni pipeline that begins before graduation.

Tools for educating students on philanthropy without making an ask.

Insight into the first-year and first-five-year engagement connection.
Scalable, actionable strategies to build belonging, inspire early giving behaviors, and drive sustained engagement through the crucial transition years.