LaSalle Catholic Kicks Off Annual Appeal

As many readers of this column will recall, LaSalle Catholic has been engaged in strategic planning efforts over the last few years.  Recent discernment included an advancement audit in which we carefully explored the energy and resources we have been investing in our various efforts to advance our mission.  Specifically, we explored how we are shaing our mission with the community and how we are providing the community with the most meaningful opportunities to effectively help us to raise funds to support our mission.  The result was the decision to reduce and even eliminate some fundraising efforts and to add a quarterly newsletter and an annual appeal independent of other Catholic school fundraising events!

Our first hope with the newsletter is to fan the flames of our generations of alumni, parishioners, and friends.  As such, our first goal was to start a hearty mailing list.  That has been very successful, and you may already have begun to receive our quarterly newsletter, as we have already sent out a fall and a winter newsletter.  Our newsletter has been well-received, and our community continues to grow.

While we feel so thankful for the generosity of the LaSalle community from parish support to walkathon efforts, and certainly the upcoming gala (see you there on Feb. 3), we nonetheless have felt compelled to share the good news we witness on campus each day.  Our staff, students, and alumni are doing wonderful things, and it is important to share.  In doing so, we hope that new groups will begin to support our needs as well.  Thus far, it has been more successful than even anticipated.  With 100% staff participation in the annual appeal, and 100% board support, we are off to a great start!  A few initial donors have also contributed, and we are already more than halfway to achieving our initial goal of $10,000!

We are already working on our spring quarterly, which will include an invitation to participate in the annual appeal.  If you would like to begin receiving the quarterly, you can use the QR code here and simply complete the form!  Thank you so much for your support!  God bless you!