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What is the Lancer Club?

The Lancer Club is an organization through which alumni, parents, friends, faculty and businesses can provide vital financial support to the student-athletes which comprise the 14 Intercollegiate Athletic programs at Longwood University.  Your gifts to the Lancer Club aid our student-athletes in succeeding both academically, as well as on the field of competition.

How is my gift used?

NO STATE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR ATHLETIC-RELATED EXPENSES

Membership into the Lancer Club means you are not only supporting Lancer Athletics, but you are now part of the team. 

              Support Longwood University. Support the Lancers.                           Join the Lancer Club today.

How can I make a gift?

Joining the Lancer Club is easy.  Gifts can be made via the following options:

Cash Gifts – Gifts can be sent to 201 High Street, Farmville, VA 23909; checks should be made payable to Longwood University Foundation, Inc. Please specify if your gift is for the Lancer Fund (general athletics fund), or for a specific sport, in the memo line.

Credit Card - One of the easiest and most convenient ways to make a donation is to use a credit card.  You can give your gift all at once or we can break it up into monthly or quarterly deductions. The Lancer Club accepts Visa and Mastercard.

Matching Gift – Many companies will match your donation to Longwood University dollar-for-dollar, or even more; you receive credit for both your gift and your employer’s match.  Simply contact your company’s personnel office and submit their matching gift form to Longwood University and we’ll take care of the rest.

*To find out if your company has a matching gift policy, you can visit the following link: http://www.matchinggift.com/longwood/

Gifts of Securities & Other Planned Gifts – Gifts to the Lancer Club can be made by transferring stocks or other securities.  In addition, there are many other creative ways (trusts, bequests, real estate, etc.) to make a gift to the Lancer Club.  There can be significant tax benefits to donors making gifts of securities or for donors who utilize another planned giving vehicle.  Please call Franklin Grant, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, at 434.395.2127 or via e-mail at granthf@longwood.edu for more information.

Endowed Scholarships - Endowed Scholarships help secure the future of Longwood University Athletics by perpetually funding a student-athlete scholarship; the minimum gift to endow a scholarship is $25,000.  Please call Franklin Grant, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, at 434.395.2127 or via e-mail at granthf@longwood.edu for more information.

Membership has its perks.  The Lancer Club will give back, connecting you to Longwood Athletics and helping you show your Lancer Pride through the following:

Lancer Club Membership Benefit Levels

*Alumni and friends who make gifts of $99 and below will be considered contributors and recognized as such in University printed acknowledgements.  **Gifts to the Lancer Club and/or Longwood University totaling $1,250+ will qualify you as a President’s Circle member, entitling you to such benefits. . Chris Neal Assistant Director of Development/Athletics nealca@longwood.edu Phone: 434.395.2081

Chris Neal is in his first year as Assistant Director of Development for Intercollegiate Athletics at Longwood University, as of March 2007. Neal is a 2005 graduate of Longwood, earning a bachelor of science in business administration with a marketing concentration. He has been completing a marketing and promotions internship at Virginia Commonwealth University since last August while working toward a master of science in sports leadership from VCU’s SportsCenter graduate program. One of Neal’s main responsibilities at Longwood will be to oversee the Lancer Club, an organization that works to engage alumni and friends in the support of Longwood Intercollegiate Athletics.

At VCU, Neal assisted the Director of Student Promotions in marketing and promoting university athletic programs to increase student attendance and interest in athletic events. In doing so, he coordinated in-game promotions as well as halftime contests and giveaways. Neal also acted as a liaison between sponsors and youth groups for the Rams Assisting Youth program for disadvantaged youth in the Richmond area, facilitated special events such as the 2006 Charles Barkley Golf Invitational and the 2006 International Basketball Showcase, while providing assistance in the ticket office as well.

Neal has also worked as a leasing consultant for Beacon Residential Management in Richmond while marketing the Bramblewood Estates community from 2005-06, and interned at the Virginia Film Office of the Virginia Tourism Corporation in Richmond; assisting with marketing the Commonwealth to film companies from May-August of 2004.

A native of Richmond, Neal is scheduled to earn his masters degree from the VCU SportsCenter in May.

For more information, please contact the Lancer Club at 800.281.4677, extension 3, or LancerClub@longwood.edu