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January 2025

The Biggest Little Community Challenge 2025 will run Thursday, January 16th - Monday, January 27th.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Choose a cause that is close to your heart.
  2. Volunteer and log your hours online during the January challenge period.
  3. Make a gift to Williams. Any size.
  4. Multiply your gift (up to the first $100) by your number of volunteer hours, thanks to our generous challenge donors. The more you volunteer, the greater your gift to Williams!
  5. Interested in organizing a group community service activity? Williams Alumni Engagement will help create an announcement and RSVP form to invite other Ephs to join you. For more information about Regional Service Events, please contact Rob Swann.

History of Community Service Initiatives at Williams

As two of the head agents for the class of 2016, Nick Brownrigg and Jace Forbes-Cockell had a brainstorm one night.  They realized their classmates, grateful for what Williams had given them but short on financial resources, were interested in finding a way to support the college with their time.

Jace and Nick knew their friends volunteered for a variety of causes and organizations that made a difference in their communities. They approached the Alumni Fund about finding a way to honor that spirit and help that generosity go further while supporting Williams.

From that eureka moment, Teach It Forward: Impact was born. This special service-focused campaign multiplied alumni gifts to Williams by their volunteer hours over a two-week period in January of 2017. The challenge continued in 2018 and 2019 with additional matching funds. The challenge was paused with the Covid-19 pandemic, but came back in 2021 with a new name and during a new time of year: the Biggest Little Community.


Please Note:

  • The challenge will run Thursday, January 16th - Monday, January 27th. Service performed for Williams during this time should be included.
  • Gifts made anytime between July 1, 2024 and January 27, 2025 will be eligible for matching. Volunteer hours must be performed and logged during the challenge period. The first $100 of any gift is eligible to be matched.
  • The matching gift does not count toward your class’s total in the reunion trophy competition.