Contributing
Giving to the George School Annual Fund
is the single most financially beneficial way to contribute to the well being of
the school. The school sheltered and nurtured us years ago; contributing is a
tangible way of saying it should continue to do that for succeeding generations
of kids like we were once.
In all cases checks are sent to: George School, Box 4000, Newtown, PA 18940-0962.
We as a class also support two other vehicles for funneling monies to the school:
Class of 1954 50th Reunion Fund (checks are made payable in this name)
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Jim Whitely reports that the class exceeded its goal with the fund reaching more than 156K. It will be used in part to fund an arboretum. |
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Side Bar Fahnestock The transfers do not include your name, so it is important you inform George School about what shares you are sending, and to what fund to attribute the shares. You can use Email. We can give you the name and phone number of the Fahnestock broker if that would help.
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A letter from Jim Whitely dated April, 2004 includes quotes from several classmates. It is in the files section of the group site under "50th Plans" as file 'Whitelyreunionfundltr'.
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Class of 1954 Endowed Book Fund (checks are made payable in this name)
Through the foresight of some of our classmates years ago, a contributed investment of $2873 has grown to $12,806. It continues to grow despite a 5% per year withdrawal rate that yielded $640 which purchased 13 books during the '99-'00 school year.
James W. McKey, Director of Advancement, writes that the market value of the fund grew to $13,473 as of December 21, 2000. $674 was withdrawn for the purchase of 10 books during the '00-'01 school year.
Anne Storch '67, Director of Development, writes that the contributed value of the fund for 2001-2002 was $3,073 with a market value of $12,656.
Anne Storch '67, Director of Development, writes that the contributed value of the fund for 2002-2003 was $3,073 with a market value of $10,193.
The 2003-2004 report is available separately, in the Files section for the GS54 group.
Anne Storch '67, Director of Development, writes that the contributed value of the fund for 2004-2005 was $3,373 with a market value of $13,034.
Anne Storch '67, Director of Development, writes that the contributed value of the fund for 2005-2006 was $3,448 with a market value of $13,848 which, at the spending rate set by the school, yielded $692 for the purchase of books.
Anne Storch '67 writes that the contributed value for 2006-2007 was $3448 while the market value is $14,811. $741 was spent to purchase books.
Anne Storch '67 writes that the contributed value as of December 31, 2007 was $3448 and the market value was $15,222. $761 was spent to purchase books.
More information, and a list of the books purchased, is found in the BooksFund file, in the Contributions folder, under the Files section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GS54. (The listing of the individual books purchased is discontinued as of the 2005-2006 report. However, the purchases are listed in Anne's snail-mail letter, and I am happy to supply a copy on request.)
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07/22/08