Bequests...
On Friday 15 April Sandy and Ken Pemberton hosted the first of several lunches planned to create awareness of what Bequests can mean, not only to the School but also to the beneficiaries of such a gift. Ken is a member of the Class of 1957 and his wife Sandy is a former Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School student. Both have made a commitment to support scholarships at Ivanhoe Grammar School through their bequest. Their reasoning is simple: "Our proposed bequest is simply deferred school fees had we had children – it is just that we are funding children belonging to someone else!" The lunch was attended by several members of the Fidelis Society and a number of interested past students. We also took the opportunity to celebrate Ken and Sandy’s 50th wedding anniversary which had brought them down from the Southern Highlands to be amongst friends for that special occasion.
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A bequest can be directed to many areas other than scholarships including Buildings, The Arts, Music and Faculty but in all cases the beneficiaries of such generosity are our students.
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THE RIDGEWAY The Club commenced 2016 with two new members, the Giaprakis and Dalgleish families, both from Plenty Campus. We welcome them on board. The year began in style with a cocktail party held in the Boardroom for approximately 30 guests. At the function Gerard Foley announced his project to the Club which is to garner the Club’s support over the next few years for the Year 9 Enterprise Centres both at The Ridgeway and Plenty Campus. He also brought members up to date with School happenings and his plans for the future which were warmly received by all in attendance. The Club has a full and interesting calendar this year and our thanks go to our President James Norman (‘86) and Vice President Grant Nichol, current parent at Plenty, for their strong leadership of the Club.
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02 J ulie Nichol, Irene Giaprakis, Peter Swain 03 Swain family in Plenty Chapel
04 U nveiling Slater Graham Memorial Hill 05 B ruce Jeeves and Dorothy Slater 06 D rs Ang with Brenda Lyon,
Wendy Fishley, Anna Consiglio and Russell Feben viewing the Calvin Ang collection
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Members of the Swain family visited Plenty Campus during Term 1 to see the Chapel and newly opened The Round. The Swain family have strong links to all Ivanhoe campuses as past students and staff. Patriarch Allan Swain (’41) has named eight seats in the Middle Years Lecture Theatre acknowledging each of his children and their mother. The family has now named one of the pews in the Plenty Chapel for the family members associated with Plenty Campus – Mrs Pauline Swain as staff together with alumni Emma (’03), Nate (’07) and Josh (’08), and husband Peter (’75) who is the OIGA President. For further information about naming opportunities at Plenty or Ivanhoe Campuses please contact Astrida Cooper, Director of Development on 9490 3886 or via email astrida.cooper@ivanhoe.com.au.