Reunion Giving

Alumnae participation in the Annual Fund is of vital importance to the school. The exceptional education that Bryn Mawr students receive each year happens only with strong financial support from alumnae.

Reunion gifts are the cornerstone of alumnae giving. Alumnae are asked to celebrate their time at Bryn Mawr and to demonstrate their belief in the school by making a reunion gift, which is their Annual Fund gift in a reunion year. These stretch reunion gifts set a wonderful example for other alumnae and contribute significantly to the success of the Annual Fund.

To recognize the special generosity of alumnae celebrating a reunion year, Bryn Mawr presents the following awards.

Reunion Gift Award

This award goes to the class that raises the most money for the Annual Fund in its reunion year.

Reunion Gift Participation Prize

This prize recognizes the class that has shown the most outstanding participation in its reunion gift effort.

Overall Reunion Gift Award

This award goes to the reunion class that raises the most money overall for Bryn Mawr. Annual Fund gifts as well as gifts to capital projects and to the endowment are included.

Winners are chosen based on pledges and gifts received by the Saturday morning of Alumnae Weekend. The year of graduation of the winning class will be inscribed on each award.

Reunion Giving in 2008

Last year's reunion-year alumnae, the '3's and '8's, set new standards for alumnae support of the Annual Fund. They raised more than $173,000 with an average participation rate of 56%. Thank you and congratulations!

The Class of 1988 wins the 2007-2008 Reunion Gift Award.

Special thanks and recognition go to the Class of 1988 and especially to Reunion Committee members Merritt DiLeonardi Miller, Elizabeth English Kropf, Anne Eggleston Broadus, Meredith McAllister, Sara Riedner Brown, and Jenny Smulyan Gamliel for their enthusiastic leadership of this amazing reunion gift effort. In honor of their 20th, members of the Class of 1988 gave more than $51,000 to the Annual Fund - a record total raised by any single class in Bryn Mawr history.

The Class of 1948 wins the Reunion Gift Participation Prize.

Congratulations also to the 60th reunion class, the Class of 1948, and especially to Reunion Chair Barbara Johnson Bonnell, whose efforts to reach out to her classmates resulted in a fabulous 96% participation in the Annual Fund. This incredible participation sets a high bar for next year's reunion classes!

The Class of 1988 wins the Overall Reunion Gift Award.

Thanks to the wonderful 20th reunion gift effort, which raised a record $51,000 plus for the Annual Fund, and to incredibly generous gifts totalling over a million dollars to the "Bryn Mawr. Always." campaign, the Class of 1988 raised more than $1,051,000 for Bryn Mawr. This total represents the most money raised by a single reunion class in Bryn Mawr's history.

This class' strong support of the Annual Fund as well as of the endowment will have a positive impact on Bryn Mawr students today and on future generations of Bryn Mawr girls. The school is deeply grateful to the Class of 1988 for its record breaking contribution to the school.