With little to show but enthusiasm, the development staff at the National Constitution Center managed to fund a dream.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Membership status of all of the original donors was grandfathered so everyone could have the first six months to get acquainted with the NCC. That means that this fall, the push will be to renew donors before their memberships lapse. By the end of the year, the NCC staff will be faced with its first efforts to win back those who do lapse.