September Development & Alumni News!

William V. Fisher Catholic High School

Monthly Development & Alumni News

September 30, 2021

MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Hello, St. Mary, Bishop Fenwick, and Fisher Catholic Family!

If you did not have the opportunity to read August's edition of the The Irish Pen, you can read this edition at this link: https://files.constantcontact.com/32763c70201/f06232d6-fffc-4f27-9a01-8264edac164b.pdf. This edition featured our 2020-21 Annual Report, including all the names of our many generous donors, as well as a highlight story of Mary Rogers (Farmer '69)! You can also access our archives of the previous six editions of The Irish Pen, at https://www.fishercatholic.org/the-irish-pen.html.

A special THANK YOU goes out to the Class of 1971 for their recent significant donation to Fisher Catholic High School!

Read so much more below! If you have any suggestions or questions, please reach out to me. GO, IRISH!

In Peace,

Kristin Garrabrant (Conrad '90), M.Ed.

Director of Development and Alumni Relations

kgarrabrant@cdeducation.org

740-475-9145

DONATIONS FROM THE CLASS OF 1971

Our last class graduating class of Bishop Fenwick High School, the Class of 1971, hosted their 50th class reunion in September and GENEROUSLY donated $1,910 to Fisher Catholic High School! We appreciate your tremendous, self-less support!

FISHER CATHOLIC FOUNDATION

Get to Know and Utilize the Fisher Catholic Foundation!

The William V. Fisher Catholic High School Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, founded in 1986 to ensure that the resources were available to support future generations in their desire for quality Catholic education. The Foundation remains strong today after 35 years!

Each year, Fisher Catholic High School is awarded funds as identified by the William V. Fisher Catholic High School Foundation Board, the Principal of the school, and the wishes of contributors. The awards are made from the proceeds of the investments with some portion of the investment growth being reinvested back in the Foundation so that the main core principal is grown and safeguarded for future generations. This allows a donor's gift to be perpetual and yet directed according to the donor's wishes.

Since 1986, the Foundation has given Fisher Catholic over ONE MILLION dollars, while continuing to grow the principal.

You can make a gift to the Foundation at any time. Gifts of cash, property or insurance policies are common for the Foundation. Any amount is appropriate. Although many gifts are directed towards tuition support of students with financial needs, gifts can also be dedicated to a specific department of the school, such as computer technology, theology, science, or music.

For inquiries, please consult Dawn Burley (Winders '89), Finance Manager, at dburley@cdeducation.org.

CONTACTS FOR MEN'S SOCCER ALUMNI

Attention All Former Players, Family Members, and Supporters of the Fisher Catholic Men’s Soccer Team:

Coach Justin Ristau is working on building a contact list of former players, family members, and supporters of the Fisher Catholic Men’s Soccer Program. The list will be used to provide updates throughout the season, to communicate regarding the annual Alumni Game (held annually, the second Saturday of the Festival), and to provide other information related to the soccer program.

If you would be interested in receiving information from Coach Justin, please text your name, year of graduation (if applicable), and email address to him at (614) 260-5822. You can also contact him via email at jristau@bricker.com.

SHANE ROUSH MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

Our Shane Roush Memorial Golf Tournament originally scheduled on Sunday, July 11 was rained out. The rescheduled date is Sunday, October 24, 2021. Please contact Ty Walker at 740-415-8841 or Bob Roush at 740-653-7063.

In order to raise as much money as possible for the Shane Roush Scholarship Fund, we are in need of sponsorships! Interested in sponsoring? Please click on the red box to print the sponsorship form.

REGISTRATION FORM

SPONSORSHIP FORM

CLASS OF 1961 REUNION

The St. Mary High School Class of 1961 is celebrated our 60th reunion at the home of classmate, Susie (Wessel) Roush. Our class was the last class to graduate from St. Mary H.S. before it was given the name Bishop Fenwick H.S. the following year. Our class graduates have gone on to live productive lives. We have done our best to make our schools and Lancaster proud. We remember our departed classmates...forever in our hearts. It is a blessing every time we are able to get together. Appreciating forever, the gift of Catholic education!

~ Susie (Nungesser) Kilbarger

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Rick Hartung, Class of 1965, has graciously offered his time to assist with organizing all of our hard copy, paper class lists, including all of our St. Mary and Bishop Fenwick graduates, into digital form. This is a simple task, but time consuming nonetheless, with all the names of every class to be typed into a digital format. With very easy instructions from Rick, would you be willing to help? Maybe you are a retired alum and have a little extra time or maybe you would be willing to type in just your graduating class? If you are interested in learning more about how you can help, please contact Rick Hartung at rickhartung1947@gmail.com or 740-243-5202. Thank you!

CLASS OF 1991 REUNION

The Fisher Catholic Class of 1991 has planned a 30th Year Reunion on Friday, November 26th from 7:30-10:30pm in the banquet room of the Ale House in downtown Lancaster!

Light snacks and a cash bar will be available for the evening celebration. For more information, please contact Jan (Schumacher) Spitzer at jjspitzer@yahoo.com or 740-808-1851.