Volunteers Make an Impact. Here’s How.
A strong reunion committee results in a successful reunion experience for you and your classmates.
As a reunion co-chair or committee member, you help classmates reconnect with each other, Tulane, and New Orleans in two main ways:
- Attend Reunion Weekend and encourage your classmates to so the same
- Celebrate the power of collective giving by making a gift to Tulane School of Medicine in honor of your reunion year and encourage your classmates to do the same.
Volunteering on the committee takes less time than you may think – typically between four and five hours total over the course of the reunion year.
Reunion committee members help by:
- Reaching out to your classmates about Reunion Weekend and your class gift via personal phone calls, emails, texts, letters, social media messages, etc. Track your outreach efforts on a committee spreadsheet provided.
- Lending your name to School of Medicine communications.
- Joining your private class Facebook group, found here, and engaging with reunion posts by liking, commenting, sharing, and creating your own posts with photos, memories, or reunion plans.
- Attending Reunion Weekend.
- Making a special gift in honor of your reunion.*
Your reunion class officer will help by:
- Preparing draft emails/texts/social media messages, as well as scripts for phone calls/voicemails.
- Providing your classmates contact info* through a spreadsheet, where you and your fellow volunteers will track your outreach efforts.
- Hosting and recording two Zoom committee trainings/meetings with details on everything volunteers need to know, updates on Reunion Weekend, and an opportunity for volunteers to catch up with your classmates on the committee before the reunion.
- Sharing regular email updates on committee efforts and reminders.
- Answering questions and offering support as needed to all reunion volunteers.
*Reunion committee members are encouraged to support at the 1834 Society level during their reunion year, which means an annual gift of $2,500 or more. This gift will count toward your reunion class gift goal and grant you an annual membership. 1834 Society members will be acknowledged and invited to a VIP reception at reunion weekend, where they will receive a special token of appreciation.
For those celebrating their 10th reunion, a special 1834 Society young alumni membership is granted for reunion weekend with an annual gift of $250 or more.
**All reunion volunteers are asked to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to receiving the class lists or information about classmates. It is important to note that class lists contain confidential information and are to be used for reunion communication only.
