Massachusetts community college scores big with its first capital campaign.

By Janet Nolan

While there are many ways to measure a campaign’s success, it boils down to these three important objectives:

Secure the overall monetary goal with gifts of all sizes.
Expand the volunteer base with people from both inside and outside the institution.
Increase the donor base for the immediate and long-term future of the institution.

MWCC accomplished these goals — and secured its future — with a very simple secret: teamwork. Andrew Carnegie said it best, “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments towards organizational objectives. This is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”