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Financial Aid Changes Lives at Salpointe
Certainly each of you reading this issue of Salpointe Today remembers something at Salpointe that made a difference in your life or the life of your child. Whether it was a teacher or coach, Kairos retreat or leadership opportunity, celebrations shared or support given during challenging times, Salpointe is a community that helps students think deeper and reach higher.
Our faculty and staff work tirelessly to provide our students with the best education available, but it is the generosity of alumni, parents, donors and friends who make the holistic Salpointe experience possible for so many of our students. Over 60% of Lancers receive financial aid and would not be able to attend without the assistance they receive from scholarship donations or tax credit contributions. That means that each year 175 Lancers graduate thanks to the faith and generosity of our uniquely caring community.
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Salpointe was blessed this year with a number of powerful donations to our Endowed Scholarship Fund. Frank Busch, III ’93 made a $100,000 gift to the Busch Family Scholarship Fund to honor his family and their Salpointe legacy. Frank and his four siblings, Augie ’94, Peter ’97, Molly ’99 and Sam ’02 are all Lancer alumni. Jeff and Sharon Stevens made a $100,000 gift to the Jeff and Sharon Sayre ’80 Stevens Scholarship Fund to support Lancers in need of financial aid and in honor of the profound impact Salpointe had in the lives of Sharon and her four siblings: Elaine ’82, Paul ’82, Mike ’85 and Steve ’87. Sharon’s niece and nephews Amy ’07, Joseph ’09, Thomas ’15 and Andrew ’18 are also Lancer grads.
Mickey Ginn ’68 created the $100,000
Mickey and Melissa Ginn Scholarship
Fund in honor of his love of Salpointe and his late wife’s passion for education. Mickey, who is a retired mining engineer and outdoor enthusiast, recently visited Salpointe and was wowed by our new Center for the Arts and state-of-the-art STEM Center.
Many of you may remember Michael Bennett, who was a security guard at Salpointe’s Glenn gate and at Kairos retreats. The Salpointe community was saddened when Michael passed away unexpectedly in 2021. This year his family donated $50,000 to establish the Michael Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of Michael’s love for Salpointe and the community of Lancers who brought him so much joy. Gifts to the Salpointe Endowed Scholarship Fund can continue to build for a better future long after we are gone. Through the Carmelite Circle planned giving program, Salpointe is the beneficiary of the estate of David S. (Steve) Chauvin ’66. Steve played trumpet in Salpointe’s band and went on to a successful career in military aviation manufacturing at Rockwell International.
Salpointe’s Scholarship Endowment has a balance of over $5M and the interest supports students who could not otherwise afford to attend Salpointe. As part of the endowment, there have been almost 100 scholarship funds have been named in honor or memory of alumni and loved ones. You can create a named scholarship fund at any time with a minimum donation of $5000 over three years.
With your support of financial aid at Salpointe, you are changing the lives of hundreds of students each year. Thank you!
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