
10 Years of Service
​The Vintage Purples Alumni Club has been working tirelessly over the past decade to serve the University of Montevallo and the game of College Night. ​
Projects
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Annual alumni dinner for the Purple Side (since 2005)
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Provided coffee and snack breaks for the late night Palmer rehearsals
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Vintage Voyage: a designated driving program for the purple side (since 2008)
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Annual pop-up shop at Homecoming that has raised over $3,000 since 2015
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Graduation cords provided to graduating seniors to encourage engagement with alumni club immediately after college (since 2022)
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College Night Closet - a joint initiative with Old Gold Alumni Club to supply formal wear to Purples and Golds who don’t have resources for Saturday night attire (since 2023)
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Collection of items for the UM Student Pantry at all of our events (since 2022)
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Virtual Purple Love-In with facilitated speakers on “How to Human Through 2020”
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$1,500 donation to the UM Emergency Student Relief Fund (2020)
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$250 donation of Student Quarantine care packages for isolated students who quarantined in Ramsay for 14 days (2020)
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$500 Donation to the Falcon Pantry (2021)
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$500 Donation to the Falcon Pantry (2023)
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Annual collection of food and toiletry items for the Falcon Pantry (since 2020)
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College Night Endowment Fund - initial $10,000 donation for the Trumbauer Circle of Giving (2019 - 2022) and an additional $5,000 pledge in 2023 to be paid off by 2028. We currently only have $2,511 remaining on our total $15,000 commitment. ​​
Events
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Peppy Purple Potluck Thanksgiving Dinner (various years)
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Purple Side Alumni Dinner (annually)
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Homecoming Reunion Brunch (annually)
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College Night Review Ice Cream Social (with Old Gold alumni club)
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Pop Up Coffee Shop before the basketball game (with Old Gold alumni club)
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The 2021 virtual homecoming reunion on Zoom
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Virtual recording of the Purple Side Song