Alumni organizations are using retractable hand banners with hashtags to build social media presence and connect graduates across graduating classes and geographic regions.

A banner sent in a reunion packet or distributed at an alumni event becomes a shared visual identity. When alumni extend the banner at a tailgate, a chapter dinner, or a sporting event and photograph it, the image travels on social media along with the hashtag — reaching other alumni who weren't there.

Banners can carry the school name and alumni association branding on one side and a campaign hashtag, donation call to action, or reunion date on the other. Two-sided printing costs more but doubles the information carried on a single banner.

Alumni organizations have been ordering from LYNMAR for over 20 years. Minimum order is 100 banners. Artwork design is free. All printed orders ship free to one US location. Request a sample or quote at retractablehandbanners.com or call 800-884-8095.