Members of the Westover Dialtones for the 2007-2008 Annual Fund.

We are on our way...but we need you!!

We have just passed the halfway point of Westover’s 2007-08 Annual Fund campaign, and while we are drawing nearer to our goal of $1,250,000, we still need your gift, of any size, so that our percentage of participation among alumnae will top 50% for this year’s Annual Fund campaign.

As of January 10th, we have received a total of $877,289 to the Annual Fund with a participation rate among alumnae of 18%. We will still need 900 additional gifts to reach that critical 50% mark!

 

Westover’s students are doing their share on behalf of this year’s Annual Fund through the Dialtones, our student volunteers who conduct several phoneathons during the campaign. On Dec. 4th and Jan. 8th, the Dialtones gathered in Hillard House for dinner, study hall, and calling. Over the two evenings, 36 girls made 451 phone calls. Out of those calls, they received 105 gifts and pledges totaling $6,784 and raised the percent participation among alumnae by 3.5 points!

 

This year the Dialtones are reminding alumnae that gifts to the 2007-2008 Annual Fund can be made in honor of Head of School Ann Pollina to celebrate her first 10 years at Westover’s helm. Gifts made in honor of Ann will be used to support faculty salaries, a special focus of Ann’s throughout her tenure as Head of School.

 

If you have not yet had a chance to make your gift to the 2007-2008 Annual Fund, please consider a gift of any size…together, we can reach 50%!

Make your donation to the 2007-2008 Annual Fund on our secure server today or print out the form and fax to the Alumnae Office at (203) 577-4581.

*Remember that you can increase your gift by using your corporate matching gift. Contact your human resources office for a matching gift form.

To make a gift of stock, please contact Gifts Coordinator Megan Mann ’02 at mmann@westoverschool.org or phone her at (203) 577-4539.

Thank you for thinking of Westover!

The following is a letter written by Rick Brown (P’07), who chaired the Parents’ Annual Fund Committee.

As I think back over the just completed school year, I find myself truly awed by the generosity the parents of Westover have shown the School through their wonderful donations to the Annual Fund. Without a doubt, last year’s successful Annual Fund did set a standard. But it was a short-lived standard, as we have already surpassed last year’s total Annual Fund by more than $30,000. As I write this, I have received word today that the Parents’ Fund has surpassed the $175,000 level. This is a truly remarkable milestone and sets for us a “new” standard.

As I have written repeatedly over the past three years, parent giving insures that the Annual Fund will be able to supplement the operating budget in all the “value added” ways our daughters deserve. Perhaps, most importantly, our giving serves as a strong affirmation of the work of Westover’s outstanding faculty. This year, Annual Fund gifts from our senior class parents have directly contributed to the School’s acquisition of a fine new faculty house located adjacent to campus on South Street. Excellent faculty housing is a necessity for boarding schools today. Our gifts will continue to allow Westover to attract the best faculty to work with our daughters.

Finally, strong parent participation in the Annual Fund helps Westover with all its fundraising activities. Strong participation makes it clear that our School has an exemplary program. Please know, and be assured, that your participation truly makes Westover a stronger school.