EVERY YEAR. EVERY FAMILY. EVERY STUDENT.
What is the Annual Fund?
Every student at Aberdeen Hall benefits from the Annual Fund, the essential source of support that empowers us to innovate, enrich our programs, and deliver learning that goes well beyond the standard curriculum.
The Annual Fund fuels the innovation and enrichment that defines our educational excellence and opportunities, ensuring every child has the tools they need to confidently shape their future. Through the generosity of our community, we are able to offer outstanding programs, experiences, and opportunities that create truly exceptional learning environments for our students. This has included supporting our cutting-edge Design Studio, enhancing our dynamic Athletics Programs (housed in the new Athletics and Wellness Centre), and strengthening our diverse co-curricular offerings, and more.
The Annual Fund runs from November through June. It’s a meaningful opportunity for our entire community - including parents, faculty, staff, and friends - to unite and directly enhance the Aberdeen Hall experience for both current and future students.
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Focus Areas
The AH Fund
The AH Fund provides immediate, flexible resources, embracing emerging opportunities to keep the school ready, innovative, and wellequipped for a changing world.
Financial Assistance Fund
The Financial Assistance Fund supports accessibility for new students and ensures current students’ uninterrupted education during financial uncertainty.
The Arts Fund
The Arts Fund enhances the Visual and Performing Arts Programs to empower the next generation of visual artists, musicians, and performers.
The Athletics Fund
The Athletics Fund supports the excellence of our teams and programs, empowering athletes with the resources to compete and achieve their full potential.
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
The AH Fund
Supporting the AH Fund empowers our school to respond to immediate needs while planning proactively for the future. This fund provides the school with the flexibility to seize unique opportunities, enhance innovative programs, or respond swiftly to challenges that arise throughout the academic year. Whether it’s funding a new educational initiative, or supporting professional development for employees, the AH Fund ensures that the school can maintain its excellence and respond to evolving needs.
Your contribution allows the school to stay ready, innovative, and well-equipped to meet the demands of a changing world.
Aberdeen Hall Fund in Action
In August 2024, Aberdeen Hall was fortunate in welcoming the NHL’s first female assistant coach Jessica Campbell of the Seattle Kraken to speak as part of employee professional development and as an extension of the day, we invited parents and students to attend. This event was paid for through the AH Fund.
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Financial Assistance Fund
It is nearly impossible for most parents at Aberdeen Hall to imagine their child not being able to attend our school, and the Financial Assistance Fund exists to ensure that both accessibility and community stability are prioritized. Supporting financial assistance is an investment in the future of promising students, as it ensures that talented, motivated students from diverse backgrounds have access to an exceptional education regardless of financial barriers, thus enriching the learning environment with a more inclusive and dynamic student body.
The Financial Assistance fund also offers tuition support and short-term financial assistance to current Aberdeen Hall families who face unforeseen hardship, guaranteeing that their child’s attendance remains consistent and uninterrupted, thereby creating a legacy of opportunity for every deserving young mind in our community.
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The Arts Fund
When you choose to support The Arts Fund, you directly invest in enriching the student experience, providing a vital platform for confidence, self-expression, and critical thinking - skills essential for every artist and creator. Your donations empower our talented students and dedicated faculty to push the boundaries of creativity. By specifically directing your gift to the arts, you help us maintain a robust, dynamic, and competitive program that is foundational to the well-rounded education of every Aberdeen Hall student, ensuring they have the cutting-edge tools, inspiring spaces, and professional guidance needed to truly pursue their artistic passions.
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The Athletics Fund
By supporting the Athletics Fund, you directly empower our dedicated coaches and enable our student-athletes to pursue teamwork, resilience, leadership, and discipline. The support from the Annual Fund is fundamental to sustaining a dynamic, high-calibre Athletics Program, ensuring students have the exceptional facilities, equipment, and coaching needed to unlock their full potential and receive a truly wellrounded education.
TAKE A SEAT
Take a Seat. Leave a Legacy.
”Take a Seat” offers a personal, permanent way to establish a legacy right at the heart of our campus: the Athletics and Wellness Centre (AWC).
It is more than a gym, it is the central gathering place for whole school assemblies, arts performances, and athletic programming and tournaments. Your contribution sustains the place where community is built and well-being is prioritized.
Don’t just cheer from the stands - cement your ongoing involvement and become a lasting part of Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School.
DONATE
Every Year. Every Family. Every Student. Every Gift.”
The success of the Annual Fund is built on community participation. We encourage all parents, alumni, faculty, and staff to make an annual contribution. Every gift, regardless of its size, strengthens our collective mission and allows us to provide the highest standard of education. Every gift builds on the generosity of past families, enhancing the academic programs, facilities, and experiences that make Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School an inspiring learning environment for our students.
By supporting the Annual Fund, you are actively investing in the extraordinary journey of every current and future Aberdeen Hall student.
Types of Donations
One-Time/Cash Donations: This includes all gifts made by cheque, credit card (online), or electronic transfer, providing an immediate impact.
Monthly Gifts: A convenient option to spread your contributions and provide ongoing, reliable support to the school throughout the year.
Pledges: Multi-year pledges allow you to reach larger philanthropic goals by spreading a significant contribution over a set period (e.g., two to five years).
Company Matching: A way to double your impact! Many companies offer programs that match charitable donations made by their employees. Donors should check with their HR department to obtain the necessary form and submit their match request.
Gifts-in-Kind: Non-cash donations of property (e.g., equipment, art, supplies) that the school can use or sell. Please contact the Development Office to confirm acceptance and valuation.
Gifts of Securities/Stock/Mutual Funds: This is a simple and highly tax-effective way of making a donation. With a gift of publicly traded securities, the donor receives a tax credit for the full fair market value and is exempt from capital gains tax. Please contact the Development Office.
Planned Gifts/Legacy Giving: Leaving a Legacy Gift is a powerful way to ensure your commitment to inspiring future generations of Aberdeen Hall students endures. These gifts, such as bequests in a Will, gifts of life insurance, or gifts of registered funds (RRSPs/RRIFs), often provide significant tax advantages to your estate. To discuss a confidential legacy gift and the wording required for your estate plans, please contact the Development Office.
How to Give. Make Your Gift.
In-Person: Donations can be dropped off at the Development Office located in the Marjorie Callahan Early Learning Centre.. If donating by cheque, please write the student’s name(s) and grade(s) in the memo line.
By Mail: Please make your cheque payable to Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School. Kindly indicate the student names and student’s name(s) and grade(s) in the memo line.
• Attention: Development Office
• Address: 950 Academy Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 3A4, Canada
By Phone: Please contact the Development Office at (250) 491-1270.
Online: Secure online donations can be made at: https://www.aberdeenhall.com/giving/online-donations/
Wire Transfer: To make a donation via wire transfer, please contact the Development Office at development@aberdeenhall.com to receive the necessary bank account and routing information.
Gifts of Securities/Stock/Mutual Funds: To initiate a transfer of shares, please contact the Development Office via email at development@aberdeenhall.com or by phone at (250) 491-1270, to receive the necessary transfer documentation form.
Contact for Specialized Gifts
For gifts of securities, legacy giving, setting up a pledge, or any questions regarding your donation, please contact: Jill Frank & Wendy Comeau-Greenwood Development Office Email: development@aberdeenhall.com Phone: (250) 491-1270.
