Lastly, the final thing (for now) that you need to know is the reason I'm writing to you all in the first place: part of being a reuniting alum means financially supporting Oberlin. Our collective goal for the class of 2010 is to get 40% of our class to give. (That's, like, 250 of us; I know we can do this.)

Giving doesn't have to be a big thing. It can be a dollar (dollars are useful) or more if you'd like (we won't cough at that :P) — whatever you feel comfortable doing.

To make your gift — any shape, any size; every one of them makes a difference because it's your participation that makes a difference — please visit our secure (and very easy to navigate) giving site.

Perks of giving: it's the gateway to our reunion celebration in a few months, you'll get fewer telephone calls/emails asking you to give money this year, you'll be officially awesome because you're supporting the school that helped bring us all together in the first place, anddddd you'll have eternal love and animated gifs from yours truly. (I guessed the kinds of things you all wanted to see with this article. I will happily take requests, too!)