Vision of Hope Capital Campaign
Dear Cathedral School Families,
We’re launching our Vision of Hope Capital Campaign, our most ambitious yet, to complete essential school projects. Your support is crucial! Please consider a $25 monthly gift for two years, similar to the Cathedral School Fund setup, to help us succeed.
Following your valuable feedback last fall, we’ve identified key priorities: security enhancements ($500,000), gym upgrades ($36,000), and a library remodel ($800,000). Additionally, an ADA compliant elevator ($650,000) will connect all school levels starting this summer!
Exciting news: we’ve already installed a new 16-foot-wide screen and rear projector in the gym, enhancing our assembly and event experiences!
Security enhancements include restricted access controlled man-traps at the main and gym entrances, ensuring a safer environment. The library remodel will feature modern upgrades like new flooring, furniture, and technology, enhancing our educational space.
Your investment will shape our school’s future and safety. Thank you for your support!
Sincerely in Christ,
Campaign Projects
ADA Compliant Elevator ($650,000)
A new ADA compliant elevator will be installed at the end of the Intermediate Wing connecting all three levels of the school. Next to the elevator on each floor there will be a small, private bathroom for faculty and staff use. This will be a LULA elevator (Limited-Use, Limited-Application) which can accommodate a student in a wheelchair or on crutches.
New Screen & Projector for Gym Stage ($36,000)
Over Easter Break a new 16-foot-wide screen with a rear wall facing projector were installed on the gym stage and the old screen was moved to the cafeteria. This new screen and projector will greatly improve the viewing experience for all during school assemblies, Back-to-School Night, the Middle School play and more!
Security Enhancements ($500,000)
Security enhancements include two-man traps at the main and gym entrances to the school. A man-trap is a restricted access-controlled vestibule comprised of two sets of interlocking doors, both of which cannot be open at the same time. Visitors will have to wait to be buzzed through the first set of doors and then provide identification to be allowed through the second set of doors leading into the foyers.
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Library Remodel ($800,000)
Remodeling the library will include new flooring, new tables and chairs, new shelving, a new screen and projector, a mural outside the windows, a reconfiguration of the check-out desk and new lighting giving the entire space a modern, 21st century upgrade.
Opportunities To Give
Cash
You may make an outright gift by cash or check. Cash gifts are tax-deductible, as provided by law.
Pledges
You may make a pledge to the Vision of Hope Capital Campaign through 2028 (up to 60 months). Pledges allow you to contribute a larger gift than would be possible to make in any one tax year. Pledges can be set up electronically through Faith Direct by setting up an online account or by contacting our parish office.
Securities
Securities can provide an attractive means of giving. Through this type of gift, one can receive the charitable income tax deduction and avoid paying taxes on “capital gains” that would otherwise be due if the stocks were sold. In some cases, you may even be able to carry a tax “loss” for a multi-year period.
Matching Gifts
Many employers will offer to match your gift or pledge and you will receive the credit for the contribution. Please contact your Human Resources Department to see if the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Parish and School qualifies as a designated charity.
Life Insurance
The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Parish and School may be named as the beneficiary and owner of an insurance policy or ownership of an already existing policy may be transferred to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Parish and School. The latter method may provide attractive income tax benefits.
Life Income Gifts
There are many ways that one can make a gift to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Parish and School and receive income for life in return. Through one of a number of planned gift options, the donor can place cash, securities or other assets in trust. Upon the donor’s death (or that of a beneficiary) or at some pre-determined time, the trust terminates and the funds are transferred to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Parish and School. These life income gifts sometimes provide income, capital gain and/or estate benefits.
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for all the blessings you continue
to bestow upon our Cathedral Community.
Your generous heart inspires us
to glorify you and to do likewise,
out of love of you and our neighbor.
Pour out your Spirit upon us and this campaign,
that our Cathedral parish and school
may be a light brightly visible
of the hope of Christ present among us.
Grant us, by the grace and example of your Son,
to accept the call to give sacrificially
to this Vision of Hope Campaign
that you may be glorified
and your Church bear fruit.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.