The students have departed for the holidays after a truly spectacular fall and the Mesa is entirely too quiet. With one exception though, and that is the amount of mail we are receiving. Thank you parents, alumni, and trustee volunteers for inviting support of Cate. Once again, Cate is enjoying an outpouring of gifts and pledges in support of faculty and students through gifts to the Cate Fund and the Cate School Endowment.
In a recent Chronicle of Philanthropy article, Debra Blum reports:
The reasons donors most often cited as a major motivation for making a donation are:
- They felt their gifts could make a difference
- They believed the charity receiving the gift was run efficiently
There are at least 265 reasons (every student at Cate) why your gift makes a difference each and every day.
When I visit with Cate alumni, there are consistent themes to my inquiries. Just recently, Cate hosted a series of alumni and parent receptions in:
- Hong Kong: Mimi Brown ’92 and Alp Ercil hosted a dinner for 16 with alumni, parents, and alumni parents attending while Andrew Chan and Karen Yeung, parents of Ethan ’12, hosted an admission reception
- South Korea: the Cate Korean families hosted a dinner and admission reception for 13 current families and 7 alumni-parent families
- Taiwan: Leslie Wei and Chien-Ping Chen, parents of Jeffrey ’13 and Vivian ’11, hosted a dinner and admission reception with over a dozen alumni, current parents, and alumni parents attending.
At each gathering, recent graduates could not wait to tell me how smoothly they transitioned to college…or how well prepared they were to take on a demanding course load. Those in mid-career speak of the lasting value of a Cate education. Their careers vary, but consistently what I see is a passion for their current endeavors and a desire to give back. The spirit of “Servons” lives. And current and past Cate parents in attendance marvel at the remarkably capable and talented young men and women making a difference in our world.
Centennial Campaign Update:
With the Centennial Celebration a wonderful memory, our focus now is to meet our Campaign objectives of furthering Cate’s ability to hire and retain talented teachers, and to ensure that every deserving student who earns a place at Cate, is able to attend.
- Our goal is to raise $65M in support of faculty salaries, financial assistance for deserving students, and funds for construction.
- We have $6,936,808 to raise to make our goal by June 30th.
For more information on how to participate please click here.
Cate’s Centennial Name a Brick Program
Would you like to honor someone special or have your named imprinted on a permanent paver?
This year until June 30th, in celebration of Cate’s Centennial, all Caties are invited to make a gift of $2,000 (or $1,000 if you are in the classes of 1991 to 2011) and dedicate a paver. The Centennial pavers will be placed along the newly created walkway at the Class of ’81 Amphitheatre. For more information please contact Grayson Bryant at (805) 684-4127 x266.