When the first of the month rolls around, it's time to pay the monthly bills: mortgage/rent; car payment; electricity; gas; Longwood University. Wait – Longwood?!

Yes! For more and more Lancer alumni, making a regular gift to support our alma mater is part of each month's standard routine.

"Monthly giving is great, because it allows our alumni the option to give up a monthly latte to support Longwood’s current students," says Katherine Bulifant ‘13, Longwood's Director of Annual Giving. "Many alumni choose this option, because they are able to give a larger gift over the course of a year rather than a smaller one-time annual gift."

Lots of benefits to monthly giving!

There are so many reasons to give monthly to Longwood:

• It's environmentally friendly: When you sign up for an online monthly donation, you help us save paper since we don't need to send you regular mailings.
• It's easy: Once you preauthorize your monthly giving amount, your donation becomes automatic.
• It provides you with a deeper connection to your alma mater: The communication you receive from Longwood will show the results of projects funded by your regular
• It helps Longwood's current students: A monthly giving program provides Longwood with a predictable and stable income stream, helping us plan more effectively for ways to strengthen our school.
• You can be assured that more of your gift is going to help Longwood: Recurring giving helps lower administrative costs. By eliminating processing and mailing costs, more of your gift can be used to strengthen Longwood.

A recent alumnus shares his story

Not long after Vincent Kramolowsky received his Longwood degrees, he began donating monthly to his alma mater. Vincent—who received a bachelor's degree in history and secondary education in 2015 and a master's degree in special education in 2016—teaches history-based special education in Cosby High School in Chesterfield County, Virginia.