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HHSAA’s 19th Annual Campaign Nears

Completion . . .

By Jon A. McLaughlin ’73,
Fundraising Co-Chair

. . . Ambitious Goal for an Ambitious Program of Work

As was presented in an article in the Fall/Winter ’22 issue, You can see that the need is there to make $80,000 the
the 19th Annual Fund Campaign goal for 2022-2023 was goal of the 19th Annual Fund Campaign. By the time
set at $80,000. There were many reasons to bump this you receive this magazine, you may have received a
year’s goal up. request letter from me. If you have contributed to this
year’s campaign, we want to thank you very much. If you
First and foremost was the fact that the Association,
in honor of its 25th anniversary in 2022, handed out
ten renewable scholarships that will total $10,000 If you have contributed to this
each…$2,500 per year for four years. This means that year’s campaign, we want to
this is an annual $25,000 commitment towards the
scholarship pool of funds in play each year. Renewable thank you very much.
scholarships are very meaningful to the recipients.
It is our hope that the Association can create more haven’t done so, please clip the form at the bottom of
renewable scholarships in future years. the letter and send it back to the Association with your

While not 100% finalized at the time of this article it contribution in the self-addressed reply envelope that
is anticipated that over $75,000 will be given out in came with the request letter or go to HoultonAlumni.
traditional one-year scholarships to the Class of 2023. com/Donations to make a secure donation with your
Coupled with the $25,000 in renewable payments, this credit card.
is another record scholarship funding level from your With your kind and generous contributions, we will once
Association. again meet our goals- SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF YOU!

Additional funds of $10,000 will be added to a $10,000
grant received from the Putnam Trust to create a start-
up endowed fund to eventually perpetuate funding for
the successful “Training & Tools” program. See program
article on page 8. Your memorial gifts can be designated
to be placed into this fund, in memory of someone
important to you, knowing the gift will be part of an
endowed fund.

Also, with Joe Fagnant becoming RSU 29’s new
superintendent in July (See page 15), we know that there
are some school projects that have been brought to the
attention of the Association officials that are items not
normally entirely done with public funds and these types
of projects, in addition to scholarships, are part of the
Association’s mission statement.

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