The Alter and Stone Volunteer Award to celebrates WITS founders Joanne Alter and Marion Stone through recognizing a volunteer who has dedicated time, energy, and passion to help students work toward academic success. The inaugural Alter and Stone award was given to Bud Lifton in 2012. At that time Bud had volunteered over 2,700 hours of service and enriched the lives of over 600 students through his service with WITS.