Stakeholder Meetings Inspire Generosity of Spirit Since spring, COVID-19 has turned the way we live, learn, work, and worship on its head. Finetuning Bishop Lynch High School’s synchronous remote instruction, working to bring Friar campus culture to digital platforms and planning for the safest return to campus in the fall made for a busy summer break. Throughout all the reimagining of school this summer, BL President Chris Rebuck held several virtual stakeholder meetings via Zoom. These calls provided a glimpse into Bishop Lynch’s current state and pandemic-related struggles through a leadership lens.
“COVID-19 has been the single biggest disruptor to affect school communities for generations. I was honored to share a summer snapshot of our back-to-school planning process with some of our most invested alumni and donors,” said Rebuck. Dennis Doughty ‘74 was one of the alumni stakeholders on the call. Doughty, now retired and living in Florida, was an engineer for Booz Allen Hamilton. He was deeply touched when he heard about so many families’ new financial hardships due to the economic strain of COVID-19. Current and newly accepted students’ dreams of a Bishop Lynch High School education were in imminent danger of vanishing seemingly overnight. Doughty responded to this heartbreaking news with a generous donation to provide tuition assistance to deserving students. Because of his generosity, students were able to continue their education at Bishop Lynch High School. As we all know, Bishop Lynch provides more than just a rigorous college preparatory education. These students will get a first-choice education, plus a life-changing overall formational experience that will catapult their future success. Many thanks to Dennis Doughty and all of Bishop Lynch’s benefactors whose generosity of spirit paves the way for a new generation of Friars and inspires us all to give of time, talent and treasure.
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