AWS' Jennifer Haley & From Strength to Strength Campaign featured in NonProfit PRO
The October issue of NonProfit PRO magazine has a familiar face on the cover - Jennifer Haley '89, Director of Institutional Advancement. Ms. Haley was interviewed about Annie Wright's successful From Strength to Strength capital campaign.
From Strength to Strength: The Campaign for Annie Wright Schools began in 2014 and supported two essential initiatives: enhancing athletic facilities and growing the endowment. When it closed in August 2017, the campaign surpassed its goal of $12 million by nearly 50 percent, enabling greater scholarship opportunities along with fulfilling these two essential strategic goals.
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From Strength to Strength: The Campaign for Annie Wright Schools began in 2014 and supported two essential initiatives: enhancing athletic facilities and growing the endowment. When it closed in August 2017, the campaign surpassed its goal of $12 million by nearly 50 percent, enabling greater scholarship opportunities along with fulfilling these two essential strategic goals.
The all-weather James Memorial Field, a major component of the plan to enhance athletic facilities for sports, fitness and play, opened last spring, replacing the field built in 1923. Other improvements will include an additional gym to support the school’s growing athletics program for all ages.
Endowment gifts, critical to both current educational programming and the long-term financial stability of the school, will support scholarships, learning support, faculty & department chair positions, professional development, visual & performing arts, and athletics.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the campaign exceeded its goal before a further estate gift from Class of ’82 alumna Suzanne Patrice Smith (1964-2016) enhanced the campaign’s success and enabled the school to create its largest-ever endowed scholarships, benefiting students in Grades 9-12.
A total of 344 donors participated in the Strength to Strength campaign, with 10 percent of gifts at $100,000 and above and seven gifts at $1 million and above. The campaign total currently stands at $17,773,761, with further pledge payments of up to $2 million expected before the end of the year.
The campaign steering committee, chaired by Annie Wright parents Lynne Parrott and Deedra Walkey, comprised a range of community members including trustees, alumni and parents of current and former students.
