December 11, 2001

Contact:

Sarah Ray

802-443-5629

sray@middlebury.edu

Posted: December 11, 2001

MIDDLEBURY, VT -

Middlebury College has donated

$30,000 to the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association (MVAA). The

funds, which the association used to buy a new ambulance, were provided

by an anonymous donor to the College who requested that they be used specifically

for this purpose.

The

MVAA was able to buy the new ambulance, which cost more than $105,000,

by combining the College’s gift with previously existing funds and the

money from the sale of the old ambulance.

According

to Bob Goelet, a Middlebury College senior and the student liaison to

the MVAA, 10 students, including one who is currently studying abroad

during his junior year, and two staff members from the College are currently

volunteers with the association. The students each volunteer approximately

96 hours a month from September through May. Annually, all College volunteers

provide more than 9,400 hours of service to the organization.