During the yearlong celebration of Neumann’s 60th anniversary, members of the university family provided, on average, 164 hours of volunteer service every single day.

According to Megan Camp, the director of service-learning and community engagement who quarterbacked the project to reach 60,000 hours of service, 1,379 people contributed to the effort. Thanks to relentless recruitment and coordination by Camp, students led the way with nearly 1,000 participants:

• 976 students
• 131 alumni
• 105 staff
• 61 faculty
• 56 friends

The acts of kindness, delivered to friends and strangers, supported a broad variety of causes. According to Camp, activities dedicated to faith and hunger relief attracted the most participants:

• Faith and mission-based service: 9,000 hours
• Food insecurity and hunger relief: 5,100 hours
• Youth and education support: 3,100 hours
• Health and wellness: 2,750 hours
• Elderly and senior care: 1,900 hours
• Housing and basic needs: 1,200 hours
• Environmental Care: 168 hours

Neumann celebrated the fulfillment of its 60,000-hour pledge with Charter Day Mass and a culminating service event on March 13. Volunteers packaged more than 30,000 meals for Kids Against Hunger, a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides nutritious food to impoverished children and families in 70 countries, including the U.S.