On Saturday, April 17, 2004 the UF Foundation will host its first endowment luncheon as part of our first "Stakeholders Weekend." Our goal is to be accountable to UF's donors and supporters, letting them know how we invest their money, and more importantly, why that investment is so crucial to our university.

Fund administrators, deans and representatives from colleges and units will be invited to act as hosts at this event. Specifically, we need you to act as UF's ambassadors and update attendees on current happenings on campus. We also ask that you help us identify and recruit student scholarship/fellowship recipients who would speak well for UF.

In short, we'd like anyone who benefits from an endowed fund to show the people who made these funds possible what a difference their generosity has made. You are their "investment at work," our tag line for the Stakeholders Weekend.

You will receive more specific information later, but for now, please mark this important event on your calendars: UF Endowment Luncheon
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Florida Gym, noon

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or Debbie Meyers, director of stewardship and donor relations, at dmeyers@uff.ufl.edu, phone 846-2816. Thank you.