Circle of Giving

Whether it is the sound of a hammer building a home for the homeless, a story being read to a child in a shelter, a meal being served to a senior citizen or a community being rescued from a disaster, you will likely find Lenoir-Rhyne University students involved. In 2011 our students volunteered in excess of 87,000 hours throughout America and around the world. They served unselfishly and without pay. Should they have been paid only minimum wage, their hours of giving would have amounted to the equivalent of $750,000.00!

Our students live the Lenoir-Rhyne Mission Statement
"In pursuit of the development of the whole person, Lenoir-Rhyne University seeks to liberate mind and spirit, clarify personal faith, foster physical wholeness, build a sense of community, and promote responsible leadership for service to the world."

The Joint Boards, Administration, Faculty and Friends of Lenoir-Rhyne have joined together to create a Circle of Giving. This Circle honors the service of our students by giving back to their education! There is now an opportunity to honor the students' service by paying for an hour of their volunteer time. The hourly amount chosen is $10.00. One can donate for one hour, for a day, for a week, for a month. All of the money goes right back to the students in programs, scholarships, materials and needs of the academic community.

The excitement around this opportunity in just one meeting resulted in donations for 700 hours of student volunteerism. The money from that meeting became the seed for the Circle of Giving. The giving continues.

If you are a member of a group, a church, or a family that honors service, we invite you to include the Circle of Giving in your plans. If all of us only donate for one hour of our students' time, the benefits for our students would be astronomical.