The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), Harvard's largest public service organization, hosted its first-ever alumni reunion this weekend, celebrating 100 years of student-led community initiatives.
PBHA used the weekend to formally launch its Centennial Campaign, which aims to raise $7.25 million over three years.
The campaign has already raised more than $2 million, according to PBHA. The group plans to send out mailings and solicit additional donations over the next several months.
The weekend's festivities included inspirational speeches, panel discussions and a retirement party for PBHA Administrative Assistant Lee Smith, who alumni praised for her 43 years of work.
Alumni who attended the reunion spoke nostalgically about their time with PBHA.
"I think it made a substantial contribution to the people we served," Robert H. Easton '58 said. "For me personally, it helped define and clarify the directions I wanted to go."
They said they appreciated the turnout as well as the enthusiasm.
"What I enjoyed is to see that the spectrum of ages are all energized by the same sort of motivations," John G. Bewis '68 said.
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