The Capital Improvements Campaign
The active portion has ended; what’s next?
Dear fellow Gregorians,
The active portion of our Capital Improvements Campaign has ended! It was a great year where we learned a lot about the needs and desires of our parish. We especially had a great time getting to know each other better during our Family Night in September. Your hard work and generosity have been inspiring to so many. Together, we have raised more than $350,000 for the good of the people of St. Gregory and our surrounding community. Congratulations, and thank you so much!
What does this mean, that “the active portion has ended?” Basically, we are not accepting any more commitments to the campaign, and must base our budget for the improvements on what has been promised so far. However, that does not prevent any of us from giving a little more, earmarking it for the Capital Improvements Campaign. But, again, we cannot make any large plans based on money we don’t already know about at this point.
You may remember that a while back, we were talking about possibly connecting the sanctuary with the parish hall and expanding the parish hall kitchen. That project, while it would have been lovely to undertake, would require more funds than we have raised. Therefore, we have simply returned to the five projects originally outlined in Nourish, Go and Grow and ranked by you last winter in this order:
- a Capital Reserve Fund to handle large needs for the parish (ex. new HVAC) [173 votes]
- improvements to the Playground [157.5 votes]
- replacing the Parish Hall Floor [138 votes]
- replacing the Organ [138 votes]
- installing a Permanent Labyrinth [96.5 votes]
- a number of write-ins, none of which garnered more than 15 votes and most had only 3
We will celebrate the end of our Capital Improvements Campaign with a BIG PARTY and you are all invited! Please set aside Saturday, March 1st, for our Mardi Gras Closing Event. It will be very similar to our Family Night back in September, with a few changes to help some aspects flow better. While we’d like our Silent and Live Auctions to be a little smaller this time, we are still soliciting appropriate items for both; if you’re interested in donating an item or a gift certificate for a service, please contact Stacie Court. Watch the Chant newsletter and the weekly bulletin for more information over the weeks to come about this fun, family-friendly event.
In addition, our St. Gregory online store has reopened! Those of you who wished you had purchased a t-shirt or baseball cap in August are now able to place an order, and we also have black t-shirts available this time. The store will be open until Friday, February 7th; we will deliver the items you order the weekend of February 22nd. You can use this link to access the online store.
Over the months to come members of the Capital Improvements Campaign committee will come to you occasionally with updates on the decisions being made and the work being done so you will know what’s going on. If you ever have any questions, please know you are always welcome to reach out to one of the co-chairs.
Gratefully,
Stacie Court stacie.court@gmail.com
Mark Richardson mrichsn@gmail.com
Capital Improvements Campaign co-chairs
Core CIC Committee Members:
Jonathan Klein, Rhonda Packer, Bruce Zavitz, Lane Norton, Jeff Welch
Advisory CIC Committee Members:
Randall Abney, Lester House, Maggie Reinberger, Diane Barret, Alice Mohor
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