Lehigh University Alumni Association

Volunteer Impact for Fiscal Year 2011-2012

2,140 ers Volunte
How volunteers impact our programs
More than 2,140 volunteers gave approximately 70,000 hours of service, which equates to $1.5 million in labor hours, or about the work of 34 full-time employees for a year.

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What our volunteers do

Recruit prospective students Serve on a board Plan regional events Fundraise & plan reunions

Who volunteers (by class decade)

1930s 7 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
303 56 133 214 232 278 362 555

Lead an afnity group Reconnect former athletes Recruit students for full-time positions Serve as student leaders = fty volunteers

Where our volunteers serve

The brown states represent the Lehigh University Alumni Association volunteer presence across the country.

To learn more about the volunteer program, please contact the Volunteer Engagement Team at volunteer@lehigh.edu.

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Volunteer Highlights
Affinity volunteers worked with a group of

160 volunteer leaders to connect

Lehigh alumni through a common passion, whether a profession, individual interest or their Lehigh student experience. Alumni Admissions Outreach volunteers shared their experiences with future members of the Lehigh family in 38 social gatherings. The Awards Committee continued its

300+ events that included entertaining

social occasions, dynamic educational and cultural programs, and valuable networking opportunities. Greek Alumni Council volunteers united to support the active and the formerly recognized chapters and helped to provide the newest members of our family with a positive

states and eight

nations through interviews, college fairs and

Greek experience.
Class Leadership volunteers positively impacted Lehigh by connecting classmates in a variety of ways keeping them updated through class columns, social media and phone calls as well as breaking attendance and giving records at Reunion, and helping raise more than $13 the Lehigh Fund. Senior Alumni Council volunteers worked the visitors desk outside of the Admissions Office to provide a personal welcome to more than

65+ year tradition of celebrating those

alumni and community members who have rendered valuable and devoted service to Lehigh by presenting 25 awards to those who represent the highest traditions of Lehigh. Athletics Partnership volunteers reconnected former athletes to the current athletic programs, organized events and career networking nights, and helped raise more than $2 of student-athletes. The Board of Directors worked diligently in committees and as a whole to enhance and

million for

million in

14,000 prospective students who

toured campus during FY12. They also send birthday cards to alumni celebrating milestone birthdays starting at age 75 and plan events specific to the interests of their demographic. Young Alumni Council volunteers completed a creative restructuring to ensure programs and events keep

annual support that directly benefits the experience

expand alumni engagement in

support of Lehighs strategic plan. Regional Club volunteers helped bring Lehigh to our alumni across the country and abroad through

young alumni

connected to Lehigh.

To learn more about the volunteer program, please contact the Volunteer Engagement Team at volunteer@lehigh.edu.