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| SPRING 2015 • TORCH 21
Giving Ambassadors
By Louise Yearwood, Executive Director of Advancement & Community Relations
Every generation of Havergal students has benefited from the vision
and generosity of past supporters. Each year, through our Annual
Giving Program, we encourage all members of our community to
advance our culture of philanthropy by supporting the school’s
strategic initiatives to ensure our students’ success.
Havergal’s Annual Giving Program lies at the heart of the school’s
fundraising efforts and each year we look to increase our levels of
participation across all constituent groups. In fall 2014, we launched
a new component to our program in the Junior School—the class
Giving Ambassadors. Now, every Junior School grade not only
has a Grade Representative but also a Giving Ambassador to help
nourish our culture of philanthropy here at Havergal. These Giving
Ambassador parents have had a major impact on donations from
Junior School families to Havergal; since the inception of the program
a few short months ago, the participation rates have increased
dramatically across all Junior School grade levels.
The focus of our program is participation rather than total funds
raised; however, increasing participation in fundraising means that
the school raises more funds with which to deliver and enhance its
exceptional educational program. And, due to the success of our Junior
School Giving Ambassadors this year, next school year we hope to
introduce this component of our Annual Giving Program to the Upper
School with the introduction of Upper School Giving Ambassadors.
The Havergal website has an area dedicated specifically to this
program that tracks the participation by grade:
. We encourage Junior School parents to visit it weekly to
discover how their child’s grade is doing.
We thank all those families who have shown—and continue to
show—their support for Havergal’s Annual Giving Program with
their yearly donations. And we especially wish to thank our Junior
School Giving Ambassadors for so generously giving their time and
their treasure to promote and support our Annual Giving Program.
Junior School Giving Ambassadors (from left to right): Michael Newton, Heather Colwell (Senior Development Officer), Annette White,
Leslie Anne Dexter (Head of Junior School), Heather Partridge, Kevin Daley and Martha Simmons. Absent: John Carrique
Advancement & Community Relations