Community Partners

38TH ANNUAL

38TH ANNUAL STEVE DEAN GOLF CLASSIC

Raises OVER $15K for Scholarship Support

In what was the school’s only in-person fundraising event of the 2020-21 school year, generous sponsors, community partners and participants of the 38th Annual Steve Dean Classic came together on Monday, September 21, to raise over $15,000 for the Steve Dean ’67 Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund. The tournament sold out in record time with 192 golfers participating. This year, the $5,000 scholarship was awarded to Ayomide Idowu ’21. The fund was created 38 years ago in honor of Steve Dean ’67, who passed away in 1976 due to complications related to cerebral palsy. Ayomide embodies Steve’s love of Good Counsel through her involvement in academic, social and athletic programs. The 39th Annual Steve Dean Golf Classic is planned for Monday, September 13, at Manor Country Club.

SAINT FRANCIS

XAVIER SOCIETY GOES VIRTUAL

The annual Saint Francis Xavier Dinner is always a celebration of those faithful donors who give $1,000 to the school, whether through the Fund for Good Counsel, the Community Partners program, for scholarships or other restricted areas of need. This year, due to the inability to host in-person gatherings, the dinner was reinvented and reimagined with donors invited to a virtual Wine, Whiskey and Winter Spritzer Appreciation Event. Over 100 attended the virtual celebration and members of the Advancement team personally hand delivered a special thankyou gift box for the evening containing the contents needed for wine, whiskey and winter spritzer tasting. Current parents Aimee Loebs-Davis and her husband, Jeff Davis, owners of Tasting Consulting, LLC, joined Master Distiller Jeff Duckhorn to help host breakout rooms where donors got to sample the gifts they were provided and learn about pairings of the drinks with food.

Donors heard from President Paul Barker about the importance of philanthropy during the trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SAVE THE DATE

The 2021 SFX Appreciation Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, December 9, 2021.

Cardinal Gregory Visits Campus

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the Archbishop of Washington, visited campus to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel in April. He toured the school and conducted a virtual mass alongside Father Lavin before visiting the Grotto with Dr. Barker and talking with some students in class.

Falcon pride continues to pass from generation to generation at Good Counsel. The Class of 2021 included 25 students who are Good Counsel legacies and they celebrated at graduation with the annual Legacy Photo.

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HYBRID AFFAIR

Vic the Falcon and GC Parent Denny Goforth

Where in the World was the Grand Celebration? For the first time in its 33year history, the Grand Celebration took place as a hybrid event on Saturday, May 15, with small in-person celebrations coming together for an hour-long gala celebration. Over 500 parents, alumni, faculty and staff, and friends gathered virtually at home or at small watch parties across the country to support Good Counsel’s evening of philanthropy. Over $100,000 was raised during the live appeal in support of building the school’s endowment. The net profit from this year’s event was $175,000.

Also featured during the evening were the 2021 Visionary Award Winners, celebrating five distinguished members of our community: Dr. Suzanne Miller ’95, Saverio Fato ’84, Kevin McCormack ’86, Loren Bass and Karl Celtnieks.

Grand Celebration Chair Vivian Diokno ’96 and the committee of dedicated volunteers made the event a success.

DIAMOND FALCONS $20,000

Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s Community Partners Program offers a comprehensive way for local and affiliated businesses to support our students and our school community. The membership fees build the school’s endowment, securing the future of Good Counsel and establishing an enduring legacy that will benefit students in perpetuity.

The Community Partners Program offers four sponsorship levels that deliver broad-based marketing and networking opportunities for alumni, current parents, past parents and local businesses. Our partners are integral members of the Good Counsel community.

If you are interested in joining the program, please contact

Savannah Renehan at

srenehan@olgchs.org.

The Celtniek Family

In September 1996, Karl Celtnieks and the late Dan Plante founded Capitol Drywall, Inc. Since then, Capitol Drywall has maintained the best reputation in the business for consistently delivering unparalleled quality. Capitol Drywall’s highly trained employees are dedicated, experienced and committed to safety. In 1999, Dan and Karl established Selective Demolition and Hauling, which have evolved into two separate entities: Selective Demolition, LLC and Selective Hauling, LLC. Both have emerged as the premier contractor in their respective area of expertise.

In 2002, Dan and Karl’s property management company, Capital Select Properties, LLC, finished work on a 21,000-square-foot building located in Gaithersburg, Md. The building is home to Capitol Drywall, Potomac Surfaces, Capitol Select Companies, and Capital Select Properties.

As parent of a 2022 Falcon, Karl Celtnieks embraced supporting the Good Counsel community from the first day his daughter stepped foot on campus. As a Good Counsel Diamond and Platinum community partner, Karl generously supports initiatives including the Day of Giving, Founders Day, student community services trips, and regularly sponsors school signature events including the Steve Dean Golf Tournament and the Grand Celebration. In addition to his generous support of the volleyball program, he recently donated the construction of outdoor storage facilities for the athletics department. When Karl reflects about the importance of philanthropy, he says “To me, giving to Good Counsel is more than just a donation, it is an investment in my child and all the students who someday will be our future. In this small way, we are all helping to fortify the foundation on which they will build their lives, and will always be able to look back on these years as the beginning of their success.”

Karl Celtnieks and President Paul Barker with the 2021 Concordia Award