b'FUNDRAISING REPORT:GREENWOOD COLLEGE SCHOOLAND GREENWOOD COLLEGE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONThis past year will undoubtedly goprevious years. The funds raised down as one of the most challenging,through the appeal have gone and at the same time rewarding,on to enhance life at Greenwood years in my educational career. Ithrough a number of initiatives. could not be more proud of ourAs a community, we raised almost students, staff, and the Greenwood$600,000, which is a tremendous community at large for how theysuccess given we officially stopped adapted to life at Greenwood in aour appeal at the beginning of April.COVID landscape. Thanks to the support of our parents, The Class of 2020 faced some of thegrandparents, staff, and alumni, the biggest highs and lows of their youngschool is in a great place and the lives during their graduation year. Itfuture has never been brighter for was without a doubt a bittersweetthe creation of new and innovative ending to their Greenwood journey.programs for our students. Little did they know when theyGreenwoods strength is its broad departed for March Break that theycommunity. Each and every day, would not be together in personmembers of this community lend a again before the school year came tohelping hand, whether it be through an end. They proved a resilient groupthe Annual Appeal, major giving, and now are scattered across thevolunteerism or participation in one continent and beyond, most learningof our many events.virtually either in their universityThis past year, we launched our residences or at home, making thefirst Alumni Executive Committee. most of a very abnormal situation.This group of talented, passionate, We look forward to celebrating withand creative individuals has helped them when the environment permitsus create our first Mentorship and us to do so. Internship Pairing Program. In We welcomed two new families intoaddition, they found unique and our Wernham-West Society, whichinnovative ways to engage our alumni celebrates and thanks families whoand keep them connected to their have given $100,000 or more toschool in a challenging landscape.the school through their cumulativeThank you for making such a giving. These gifts will help us buildprofound impact on the lives of our out and sustain our health and well- students.being initiatives and work towards building a meaningful Student Financial Assistance program.Despite bringing early closure to our Annual Appeal in the spring of 2020, we still maintained the givingJamie Lougheed and participation levels seen in theExecutive Director, AdvancementGreenwood Annual Report 2019/2020 9'