Thank you to Donors (2020-2021)

THANK YOU TO DONORS REPORT TO THE PICKERING COLLEGE COMMUNITY 2020-2021

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THIS YEAR, MORE THAN EVER, THANK YOU.

There is an expression that those who work with donors share. It says something to the effect of, “don’t give to the institution as it was yesterday or is today, give to the institution you believe it can or will become.”

This issue of Thank you to Donors is dedicated to those of you who have consistently shared our vision for what Pickering College can become. It is dedicated to those of you who have shared our hopes and persevered through our difficulties. It is dedicated to those of you who have kept the faith and who have always believed in the very best that Pickering College will be for the students in our care and therefore to the world beyond our four pillars.

This issue of Thank you to Donors is our opportunity to express our profound gratitude to those who have done this through the financial support you have given to Pickering College.

Our PC community is full of people who give their time, treasure, and talent to the school. Your financial gifts reflect a deep commitment to Pickering College that not only supports the work we do but inspires others within our community to care more, do more and give more to fulfill our mission.

Your gifts are a direct support to the students, staff and faculty working together to develop courageous and compassionate global citizens who take action, true to Quaker values.

By giving something of ourselves we also develop personal friendships that can extend connections to everyone in the community. This feeling of connection is eloquently expressed by Diane and Beric Farmer in their profile on page 58. It is a relationship that started the day they dropped off their son in Grade 1 and that has developed into a deep and meaningful involvement with the broader school community. We are so grateful for the relationship that Diane and Beric, and each of you, have with PC and the impact you have when giving your financial support.

At the heart of it all, our job as a school is to give our students a sense of hope; that no matter what happens, there will always be hope. As a result of your generosity and faith in the work we do, we can continue to provide our students with that hope for the future. Thank you for believing in what our school can become and for believing in what our students can become. Because of you, we can be profoundly hopefully about our future.

With sincere thanks,

Peter Sturrup Head of School

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Mirella Morra Chair, Board of Directors

3,170,589

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WAS DONATED IN 2020-2021 BY OUR GENEROUS PC COMMUNITY.

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WAS RAISED THROUGH THE ANNUAL GIVING, WITH $200,804 BEING UNRESTRICTED; SPECIAL EVENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE PLACE AND WERE POST-PONED, THIS INCLUDES $26,274 FOR POWER OF COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS, STUDENTS, ALUMNI, STAFF, BOARD AND CORPORATION, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SPONSORS. YOUR PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR PICKERING COLLEGE THROUGH OUR ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN DEMONSTRATES TO ALL YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE SCHOOL AND THIS COMMUNITY.

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WAS DONATED TO SUPPORT

ENDOWMENTS INCLUDING GENEROUS GIFTS TO INCREASE FINANCIAL AID FOR DESERVING STUDENTS.

ANNUAL GIVING

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WAS RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW CAMPUS MASTER PLAN.

TOTAL GROSS $15,462,332

CAPITAL DONATIONS

GENEROUS PC VOLUNTEERS DONATED COUNTLESS HOURS TO ACHIEVING THE SCHOOL’S GOALS. 49

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LEADERSHIP GIVING: CIRCLE OF FRIENDS FOUNDATIONS CIRCLE ($100,000 +)

CIRCLE MEMBERS ($1,000 - $ 2,499)

Diane and Beric Farmer The Farmer Family Foundation The Rathlyn Foundation Anonymous (1)

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HILLTOP CIRCLE ($25,000 - $99,999)

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PILLARS CIRCLE ($10,000 - $24,999) L Beth Egan L The Egan Family Foundation Debbie and Adam Floyd L Ronald Veale ‘63 Samuel Yen ‘89 Yen Family Fund Lisa and Jason Yip

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SILVER CIRCLE ($5,000 - $9,999)

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Barclay Herod Family Foundation L Christina and Sal Bianco James Brown ‘69 Xiaoli Yu and Zhenfu Chen Angelina De Zen and Family Peter Dobbs ‘87 Enginess Laura Barclay and Jason Herod Kelly Yu and Tom Li L Jefferson Mooney Mary Sinclair Sylvester Legacy Inc. L Daniel Weinzweig

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BLUE CIRCLE ($2,500 - $4,999) L Julia and Trevor Hunt L Rekha and Ajit Khanna Jing Hu and Hong Liu L Kelly and Malcolm Mason Huiping Xu and Zeming Wu Lu Lin and Zhen Yu Yunfei He and Yong Zhang Xiaohui Gong and Zhong Zheng Jing Guo and Shengqun Zhou Ling Yang and Wei Zhou

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Parveen Khan and Akber Abbas Rizalyn and Masoud Abedi Margalit Gavrilov and Kourosh Asgari John Paul Bailey Charles Beer ‘59 Talia Black ‘07 and Ethan Bishop Kirsten Nicolson and Brad Boland Jiangliu Feng and Yuzhen Cao Louis Cardinal ‘74 Baiquan Chai Huilin Yang and Jia Pu Chen Licong Pan and Lixun Chen Michelle Wang and Weiran Cheng Chinese Family Group Donation in celebration of Lunar New Year Susan and David Cooper Miren Edurne Aguayo and Santiago Cortina Jin Li and Xiang Cui Mirela Cusiac Joan Davis and Rolph Davis ‘60 Mingjuan Wang and Mingjian Ding Greg Dopulos ‘68 Lina Lu and Jinji Du Kaia and Patrick Farmer Lisa and Wayne Furlong Dejuan Kong and Benqiang Gao Gavin Gao Dan Yu and Sheng Ning Gao Haiyan Zhang and Xuming Gu Yifan Gu Ling Zhou and Gangfeng He Krista Robinson-Holt and Derek Holt Lanjun Li and Tao Hu Lili Wang and Xiaotao Hu Xiaoqing Li and Bo Huang Xiaozhen Ruan and Haofu Huang Weija Sun and Ming Huo Sabrine Hamia and Wasim Jarrah Tian Li and Weizhong Ji Ye Zhang and Zi Xuan Jia Jing Wu and Yi Jiang Ju Jin Elaine Kliem Qiang Kuang Linglan Shen and Shen Wei Lao Elena Latypova and Albert Latypov Lili Chen and Jiannan Li Tieny Ho and Ming Li Cui Lan Deng and Tian Cong Liang Steven Liao ‘01 Ning Ding and Lin Lin Chaoyue Qi and Hang Liu Mary Lee and Huajian Liu Qiqi Deng and Victor Liu ‘95 Lu Zhang and XiaoYun Liu Xinxin Li and Zheng Liu Venus Iu and Howard Lu Hui Li and Lei Luo Ailene and Dan MacDougall Reika and Mitsuhiro Maeda

L Arnold Massey Veronica and Paul Mason L Renee and Rob Merrick L Heather Smith-Morton and Barclay Morton Newmarket Huskies Track Club Diem Thi Luu and Viet Huy Nguyen Orthotic Concept Inc. My Hanh Pham Ellie Chai and Lei Ping Wendy and Dwight Powell Jin Ying Wang and Ke Hoa Quach Daniela and Gaetano Rabito David Rogers ‘76 L H and E Romkema Donald Ross L Jessie-May Rowntree Miho and Takasuke Sekine Diane and Sean Sexsmith-Brosseau Xin Liu and Feng Shao Corianne and Anthony Simpson L Gail and Colin Simpson T. Ann Smiley L Gerry and Anita Smith Family Foundation at Toronto Foundation Yunzhuo Zhou and Xiaojie Song Minna Sturrup L Lisa and Peter Sturrup Xiaozhou Sun Lingling Song and Yun Teng Wendy Jin and Minh Tran Jianmei Gao and Chi Kin Tsui Karen Benson and Ron Veitch ‘69 Jingyu Yang and Di Wang Hong Cai and Jinping Wang Ruonan Zhang and Lei Wang Wasim Jarrah Personal Real Estate Corporation L David White ‘88 L Stephen Widdrington ‘83 Bert Wietzes L Patti and Kevin Wietzes Fangyu Wang and Hua Yang Linna Zhang and Weitao Yao Hong Mei Zheng and Ying Wen Ye Man Ha Cheung and Hau Ming Yiu Hao Chen and Rudy You Lingli Wu and Lei Yu L Duanyu Yan and Zhong Yu Guofang Mai and Hui Yuan Nicole Cortese and Paul Yue Anna and Pawel Zalewski Lin Lin and Tao Zeng L Alexander Zetzl ‘05 L Joan and Bert Zetzl Jiezhi Wu and Lei Zhang Cui Yi Liang and Shu Tao Zhang L Kai Wang and Wei Zhang Dan Wei and Yanpan Zhao Yan Sun and Mengli Zhou Fan Yang and Pengkun Zhou Zoe Yang and Yan Zou Anonymous (2)

THE LAMP OF LEARNING, as found in the Pickering College crest, recognizes those who have given for the past five or more consecutive years.

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PARENT SUPPORT Parveen Khan and Akber Abbas L Margalit Gavrilov and Kourosh Asgari Su-Ping Yuan and Alex Au Yong John Paul Bailey Baljit and Salim Bardai L Christina and Sal Bianco L Kirsten Nicolson and Brad Boland Josie Zhao and Bob Cai L Penny Lawson-Cameron and Scott Cameron Jiangliu Feng and Yuzhen Cao Huilin Yang and Jia Pu Chen Licong Pan and Lixun Chen Min Zhao and Hao Cheng Michelle Wang and Weiran Cheng Andrea and Ryan Cleland L Susan and David Cooper L Naomi and Jamie Côté Jin Li and Xiang Cui Mirela Cusiac Michelle and Richard De Ridder L Laurie and Corey DiCarlo Andreas Dietl Mingjuan Wang and Mingjian Ding Lina Lu and Jinji Du Sophia Egbuniwe Jessica and Jeff Ellis L Zoe Roberts and David Fiscaletti L Shelley and Jamie Frank Jennifer Brett Fraser and Jason Fraser Lingling Li and Jianning Fu L Alexis and Roland Furlan Lisa and Wayne Furlong Dejuan Kong and Benqiang Gao Gavin Gao Dan Yu and Sheng Ning Gao L Joanne and Christopher Golding Jiayue Gu and JiaBin Gu Haiyan Zhang and Xuming Gu Jing Zhang and Zhanguo Guo Carrie Habijanac Tanya Hammell Ling Zhou and Gangfeng He Laura Barclay and Jason Herod Thi Viet Ha Nguyen and Anh Hoang L Krista Robinson-Holt and Derek Holt Lanjun Li and Tao Hu Lili Wang and Xiaotao Hu Xiaoqing Li and Bo Huang Eva Huang Xiaozhen Ruan and Haofu Huang L Julia and Trevor Hunt Weijia Sun and Ming Huo Sabrine Hamia and Wasim Jarrah Tian Li and Weizhong Ji Ye Zhang and Zi Xuan Jia Jing Wu and Yi Jiang L Yue Wang and Zhongjie Jiang Ju Jin Michelle and David Johnson L Ian Johnston Qiang Kuang L Keith Kupsch Linglan Shen and Shen Wei Lao Elena Latypova and Albert Latypov Yanmei Guo and Duan Li

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Huiping Xu and Zeming Wu Shaozi Zhang and Xiaoqian Xie Caihong Hu and Dun Hai Xu Lina Liu and Honglou Xu L Vivian Lee and Lei Yan Fangyu Wang and Hua Yang Lei Li and Yong Yang Linna Zhang and Weitao Yao Hong Mei Zheng and Ying Wen Ye Lisa and Jason Yip Man Ha Cheung and Hau Ming Yiu Hao Chen and Rudy You Connie and Ryan Youell Lingli Wu and Lei Yu Lu Lin and Zhen Yu L Duanyu Yan and Zhong Yu Guofang Mai and Hui Yuan Nicole Cortese and Paul Yue Anna and Pawel Zalewski Lin Lin and Tao Zeng Crystal Li and Jason Zhang Jiezhi Wu and Lei Zhang Yan Jiang and Meng Zhang Cui Yi Liang and Shu Tao Zhang L Kai Wang and Wei Zhang Kaiyu Zhang and Xiaoming Zhang Yunfei He and Yong Zhang Chunmei Ruan and Junlai Zhao Dan Wei and Yanpan Zhao Xiaohui Gong and Zhong Zheng Yan Sun and Mengli Zhou Fan Yang and Pengkun Zhou Jing Guo and Shengqun Zhou Ling Yang and Wei Zhou Zoe Yang and Yan Zou Anonymous (4)

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ALUMNI SUPPORT 1940s Currie Gardner ’40 Richard Lee ’49 Wilfrid Robinson ‘47

1950s Charles Beer ’59 The late Bill Bryant ’58 Kenneth Hills ’59 Stefan Israeler ’52 Edward Lowry ’51 L James Murray ’57 Brian Purdy ’56 Peter Smith ‘58 Roger Warren ’51 L L L L

1960s James Brown ‘69 L Robert Bryant ‘60 L Thomas Bryant ‘66

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Jose Aguayo ‘86 Stephen Barratt ‘86 Peter Dobbs ‘87 Jeffrey Forde ‘82 Jonathan Knaul ‘87 Stephen Rudberg ‘82 Dag Spicer ‘80 David White ‘88 Stephen Widdington ‘83 Samuel Yen ‘89

Talia Black ‘07 Amanda Hamm ‘05 Steven Liao ‘01 Amy MacKenzie ‘05 Kristin Marshall ‘05 Caleb Sturrup ‘04 L Gareth Sturrup ‘09 Riane Tse ‘07 L Alexander Zetzl ‘05

2010s 1970s Louis Cardinal ‘74 Terence Fish ‘74 Robert Gardner ‘72 Christopher Rogers ‘70 David Rogers ‘76 Adam Wetstein ‘73

Michael Gautier ‘14 James Quinn-Rabot ‘14

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STAFF AND FACULTY SUPPORT L Joshua Armstrong Alex Au Yong Lotem Baram L Patrice Barbanchon L Elaine Barratt L Kimberly Bartlett Graham Birt L Ethan Bishop L The late Charles Boyd Jennifer Brett Fraser L Kim Browner Carrington Bull L Noeline Burk L Susan Cartwright Gordon Chiu Andrea Cleland Julie Clement L Chris Collingham L Steve Cope L Naomi Côté L Chris Coyne L Michael Daleman Paige Daoust L Michael Davis L Marc de la Bastide L Sarah Demarco John Dew Daniele Di Nardo L Janet Downer

L Donna Doyle Leah Duncan Jessica Ellis L David Fiscaletti L Jay Fletcher Stephanie Forgie L Shelley Frank L Alexis Furlan L Joanne Golding L Jillian Goodall L Alexis Hamilton Amanda Hamm ‘05 L Wilfred Hickey Ethan Hodges L Julia Hunt Taylor Jennings L Sheila Johnson L Ian Johnston L Shannon Kelly L Nancy Kerswill L Elaine Kliem Karen Krawec L Keith Kupsch L Penny Lawson-Cameron Melinda MacDonald L Rebecca MacDonald L Jeff Mason L Laura Mason L Arnold Massey

Erin Matthews L Lisa Maunder L Carol McKnight Kumail Meghani L Karen Meisel L Renee Merrick L Shirley Moffett L Nicole Murphy L Rosanna Naccarata Laura Padula Varathan Pathmanathan L Laurie Philp L Leila Picazo L Stephanie Pickering Errol Platt L Helena Pollakova L John Robertson L H Romkema L Jessie-May Rowntree Jamie Savage Chris Schneider Lian Senior L Jason Simm L Sheri Simon T. Ann Smiley L Jason Smith L Kim Smith L Heather Smith-Morton Alice Souvannakhily

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OTHER SUPPORT PC POWER OF COMMUNITY

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

L Margalit Gavrilov and Kourosh Asgari Talia Black ‘07 and Ethan Bishop Peter Dobbs ‘87 L Beth Egan L The Egan Family Foundation Enginess Carol and Peter Grys L Rebecca MacDonald Kristin Marshall ‘05 L Arnold Massey Andew Newbery ‘63 Thi Minh Khue Nguyen and Minh Hong Nguyen Laura Padula My Hanh Pham Wendy and Dwight Powell L Patti and Kevin Wietzes Lu Lin and Zhen Yu Anonymous (1)

Jose Aguayo ‘86 Linda Alcock Barbara Allan L Charles Beer ‘59 Joel Britz Margaret and John Casey Greg Dopulos ‘68 Janet Evans L Diane and Beric Farmer The Farmer Family Foundation Diane Findlay Debbie and Adam Floyd Julianne Guselle Marit and Ian Hanna Peggy Hornell Ian Hull L Stefan Israeler ‘52 Judith Lawrence Richard Lee ‘49 Carol Moffat Martha Ann and William Oughtred John and Kellie Prittie and Family Brian Purdy ‘56

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CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GIFTS Thanks to our generous donors, we have now raised $15,462,332 for the Light The Way campaign, exceeding our $10-million goal. We continue to work diligently to move forward with our plans for our Campus Master Plan, and a new building on campus. Our sincere appreciation to everyone who has demonstrated the vision and commitment to support this campaign. We are delighted that you have chosen to join us in moving this exciting project forward. For more information on how you can support Pickering College fundraising initiatives, contact Laura Padula, Manager, Development, at lpadula@pickeringcollege.on.ca or 1-877-895-1700 ext. 254.

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Donna and Allan Fordyce Man Lu Wang and Qiang Fu Alexis and Roland Furlan Karen Whetstone and Richard Geurts Joanne and Christopher Golding Janice Fleming-Gole and Robert Gole Michelle Zhang and Bin Gong Lisa and David Graham Carol and Peter Grys James Harrison ‘47 The late Nicolee Hathaway Kenneth Hills ‘59 Anthony Jackson ‘79 Beverly Jackson Natalie Owen-James and Michael James Taylor Jennings Maria Jordan Zahra Kara Kelly Gallacher and Perry Kereakou Rekha and Ajit Khanna Elham Ardestani-Zadeh and Vahid Khansari Yoko and Sadahito Kimata Donald King ‘46 Heather King Cathy Christakis-Kiriakou and Nick Kiriakou Mukta and Murali Krishnan Krishnan Medicine Professional Corporation Catherine and Christopher Lane Peter Lau ‘82 Yim Yin Yung and Terrence Lau In Memory of James A. Lawson by Patricia Lawson, Penny LawsonCameron and Pamela Lawson Mary Madigan-Lee and Heward Lee ‘78 May Ling Ng and Wai Leung The late Wilson Leung ‘79 Zhao Hui Li Wang Chiung-Liao and Long-Shing Liao Victor Liu ‘95 Lone Star Group of Companies Limited Weiping Lu Jane Lynes Vida Sernas and Alan MacDonald Ailene and Dan MacDougall The late Michael Mackenzie ‘45 Janice Wang and Chi Hsiung Mao Kelly and Malcolm Mason Veronica and Paul Mason Mason’s Masonry Supply Ltd. Cathy and John McGill Victoria and Michael McGinn Kellie and Sean McKay Donald McLaren ‘76 The late Brian Meharg ‘78 John Meisel ‘43

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BERIC AND DIANE FARMER Making the world a better place

PC. It was many years where we supported where we could, attending events like the Holiday Home Tour. I did struggle with donating to PC when there are so many important causes. My thinking tied into the philosophy of PC—the sense that Pickering College is sending out a lot of graduates into the world with the mindset of trying to make the world a better place. It is possible that the benefits that the world sees from the donation that you give to Pickering College may be delayed by a few years, but it Beric credits Diane with first becoming immersed in school life is also possible that your giving is multiplied by the fact that all at PC when Chris began Junior School. The positive experience these students are going out into the world with those values and that mindset. One of those students Chris had his first few years at PC meant could go on to help thousands of people Jenna soon followed “without a backward or hundreds of thousands of people. It glance the first day I dropped her off,” “We are collectively seems like a very worthy cause.” chuckles Beric. Diane quickly became drawn to give because involved in the Pickering College Association Beric and Diane have recently made a (PCA) including school activities such as we fundamentally substantial gift that will help initiate the Carnaval, and fundraising events like the Green Fund to support environmental Holiday Home Tour. She points to her time as believe in the mission projects at the school, a Parent Rep, reaching out to other parents and values of the school, sustainability starting with elements of the new and chatting with families during drop-off academic building. Such elements in and pick-up when their kids were young, as are inspired by the the building’s early designs caught the key to building friendships. talented and dedicated attention of both Beric and Diane. As the project progressed, Beric, as a member “The highlight of my time as a volunteer staff, and believe in the of the board, learned how sustainable was really getting to know other parents incredible potential of the elements are often eliminated from and getting to know the staff really well. building projects as costs inevitably need It was so clear how much the teachers students. We do this for to be trimmed. “I was inspired by (fellow really get to know the individual students, understand them, and care about every them, and for the better board member) Patrick Turner and his passion for sustainability. He made the child.” Both Diane and Beric have been world they will build.” point that sustainability should not be involved as volunteers over the years. Beric optional. That truly resonated with me. currently sits on the Board of Directors –Beric Farmer Our children need to see that we live and has been a member of various board according to the values we teach them.” committees. His background in business and technology as the co-founder of XE.com has made him an invaluable resource to the school, including on the Digital The Farmers believe the PC commitment to global citizenship is urgently needed in the world and feel fortunate to be able Transformation Committee and Strategy Committee. to contribute as donors. In coming full circle, Diane points out “The biggest factor in improving educational outcomes is the that contributions to Pickering College come in all forms—and engagement of parents. Perhaps the philosophy of Pickering those who contribute their time and money are all helping to College attracts people who want to be highly engaged. support the school and students.

Certainly, everyone we have met has been really easy to like!

Beric regards their family’s giving to Pickering College as being There is a strong sense of community that we appreciate.” in support of what they believe is a very good cause. “There are The Farmer family have also become generous donors, so many who give generously and each and every contribution supporting the school increasingly over the years. Beric lifts the school up and sustains and enriches the wonderful PC shares how they gradually made PC an important part of their community. I believe we are collectively drawn to give because we fundamentally believe in the mission and values of the philanthropy. school, are inspired by the talented and dedicated staff, and “I remember getting the welcome letter and finding out that believe in the incredible potential of the students. We do this tuition does not cover the complete cost of students attending for them, and for the better world they will build.”

For many Pickering College families, enrolling their children can be the beginning of lifelong friendships, not just for their children, but for the entire family. Such was the case for the Farmer family, who like many, felt a strong sense of community from when their children first started at PC. Now graduates, Chris Farmer ‘17, and Jenna Farmer ‘20 benefited from an excellent education and built lifelong friendships for themselves at PC.

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GREEN FUND

GREEN DESIGN FOR A GREEN FUTURE Establishing a Green Fund at Pickering College coincides with a time of transformational change. The school’s Campus Master Plan is ripe with opportunity to enhance campus spaces and provide classrooms and buildings equipped for modern learning needs. We are compelled to ensure these projects incorporate green practices. This is an opportunity that will impact future generations of Pickering College students.

The Green Fund will be a means to limit our environmental footprint and model the stewardship values we instil in our students. Sustainability is not just part of science classes or outdoor education, but an important part of 21st century learning as we recognize that caring for the earth and the environment is key to being active global citizens.

One potential addition to our green infrastructure could be a green roof atop the New Academic Building. If built, this roof would be visible from adjoining buildings and serve not only as a beautiful addition but as a constant reminder of the importance of action in support of the environment.

To donate to the Green Fund at PC or find out more about green initiatives on campus, please contact Jessie-May Rowntree jrowntree@pickeringcollege.on.ca or call (905) 895-1700 ext. 234.

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LAMPLIGHTERS Giving for tomorrow, today.

The school’s symbol is a lamp, the lamp of learning that our caring community of Lamplighters keep well lit by gifting Pickering College through their wills, estates, and life insurance.

Committing to a planned gift ensures that your legacy lives on at Pickering College for generations to come.

PC LAMPLIGHTERS Ralph Barnes ’67 L Charles Beer ’59 Kim Bilous L The late Charles Boyd Jeffrey Forde ’82 Jack Houghton ’47 John Lockyer L Robert Russel ’67 Adam Shully ’78 Wolf Smith-Butz ’73 Ron Veitch ’69 L Daniel Weinzweig Anonymous (1)

Interested in learning more or joining the Lamplighters? Or have you already included Pickering College in your estate planning?

Please contact Laura Padula, Manager, Development, at lpadula@pickeringcollege.on.ca or 1-877-895-1700 ext. 254.

BOARD MEMBERS 2020-2021 Mirella Morra, Chair Patrick Turner ‘97, Vice-Chair Stephen Barratt ‘86 Sal Bianco Beric Farmer Ajit Khanna Christopher Lane Ailene MacDougall Kelly Mason, Past Chair Riane Tse ‘07 Ronald Veitch ‘69

CORPORATION MEMBERS 2020-2021 Christopher Lane Stephen Barratt ‘86 Vivian Lee Christina Bianco Heward Lee ‘78 Sal Bianco Ailene MacDougall Vanessa Carson Kelly Mason Susan Cooper Mirella Morra Peter Dobbs ‘87 Daniel Nelson Beth Egan Isabelle Payne ‘98 Beric Farmer Helen Pei Jason Foulds Ian Proudfoot Jason Herod Kurt Richardson ‘02 Trevor Hunt Krystie Robinson-Vincent Ajit Khanna Tara Roy-DiClemente Thomas Kim

Debra Scott Colleen Sexsmith Adam Shully ‘78 Riane Tse ‘07 Patrick Turner ‘97 Ronald Veitch ‘69 Duncan Walker ‘69 Mareena Wallace ‘13 Roger Warren ‘51 Lee Webb Karen Whetstone Stephen Widdrington ‘83 Kevin Wietzes Jason Yip

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WAYS TO GIVE At Pickering College, we are inspired that our community—parents, alumni, Board and Corporation, staff, family and friends alike— demonstrate their commitment to the tradition of philanthropic support by donating so generously to ensure a bright future.

There are many ways to make a gift to Pickering College: Gifts by credit card, cheque or cash You can choose to make a one-time or a monthly donation. One-time gifts are payable by cheque, credit card, or wire transfer. Monthly donations make giving easy—they are automated and payable by direct debit or credit card.

Gifts of securities and mutual fund shares A gift of securities can include stocks, mutual funds and segregated funds. It is the most efficient way to donate. Since capital gains tax does not apply, it is a wonderful way to benefit both you and the school. Gifts of publicly-traded securities are simple to make; consult your financial advisor to decide which investments make the most financial and philanthropic impact. Then, ask your broker to transfer your securities to Pickering College by completing the appropriate Transfer of Securities Form.

Planned giving A gift in your will may be the biggest gift of your life. By joining Pickering College’s community of lamplighters, you will have the comfort of knowing that the legacy of your generosity will live on for future generations. The biggest advantage of giving through your estate is that it does not cost you anything during your lifetime.

Matching gifts Matching gifts are a type of philanthropy in which companies financially match donations their employees make to charities. Please contact your Human Resources department to inquire about whether a matching gift is possible.

Commemorative/tribute gifts Your donation can be made in honour of a teacher, advisor, coach or friend who has had a positive influence and made adifference in your Pickering College experience. Tribute Gifts can include: Dining Hall chairs and table dedications, and library resources through the Learning Commons Tribute Program.

For more information about PC’s Lamplighters, or any other method of making a gift, please contact Jessie-May Rowntree, Assistant Head of School, Advancement at jrowntree@pickeringcollege.on.ca or 905-895-1700 ext. 234.

Assistant Head of School, Advancement Jessie-May Rowntree Manager, Parent Engagement & Strategic Events Shelley Frank Manager, Annual Giving & Constituent Engagement Taylor Jennings Manager, Development Laura Padula Alumni Engagement Coordinator Adam Darvay-Canavor ’13 Development Administrator Karen Meisel Charitable Registration Number: 11909 2815 RR0001

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PRIVACY OF INFORMATION: Pickering College is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information.

When you as a parent, student, alumnus or other individual provide personal information to the school, such as your name, address and telephone number, it is shared with the Development Office so that we may communicate with you through various publications and so that we may solicit your financial and volunteer support. Under no circumstances is the information rented, sold or given to any organization outside Pickering College. Access to the information is restricted to authorized staff members. For further information on our commitment to protecting your privacy, please contact PC Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@ pickeringcollege.on.ca or 905-895-1700. Thank you.

DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the listings in this report.

Please note that your support may be indicated as Anonymous should you so chose. We regret and apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions and ask that corrected information be provided to the Assistant Head of School, Advancement, Pickering College, 16945 Bayview Avenue, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 4X2 advancement@ pickeringcollege.on.ca