GIVING REPORT ENABLING ACCESS TO ANDREW’S THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT IN 2019 FOR PHILANTHROPY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS. With your help, we successfully raised
contributed significantly to fund the new
the Halliday Rural & Regional Scholarship,
another $778,024 towards College’s
gym. Thank you to both!
which will support two students from rural
Last year we sought to establish a Senior
and regional backgrounds for the next
Student Corridor Fund, to support the
three years.
two priorities: increasing means-tested scholarship funds, and building additional bedrooms (with accompanying facilities). Together, we took another step closer to our goal to enable Access to Andrew’s for
Philanthropy Report 2019
as many students as possible!
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new top floor extension of the Reid Building; part of our new building. We called upon past Senior Students to make
We recognise that philanthropy comes in many forms, and the volunteering
a gift and they answered, raising funds to
of time and expertise to the College is
This amount is the equivalent of covering
support the equivalent of more than six
always gratefully received. The College
22 students’ fees for one year, creating a
bedrooms in the corridor to date. Thanks
fully-endowed scholarship to cover one
go to Senior Students Campbell Hanan,
Staff and Students’ Club are thankful
student place at College in perpetuity, or
Charlie Taylor, Andrew Murray, Andrew
funding 15 bedrooms. Most importantly,
Wines Angus Taylor, Andrew Bennet, Ken
this funding allows us to continue to
Keith, Ben Bucknell, Gemma Larkin and
develop and increase access to a world-
Susannah Cooke for showing leadership
class college experience.
in Philanthropy by being the first Senior
We would also like to thank the Council,
Students to pledge gifts for this initiative.
the Foundation Board of Management,
generosity of the Alumni Society, who
Others in our community sought to do
the Alumni Society, the Young Alumni
have pledged a gift of $50,000 to support
contribute by fully funding new bedrooms
Committee and our fresher reunion year
the further fit-out and enhancement of a
with significant gifts. Thanks goes to
volunteers for their continued valuable
Student Hub in our new Thyne Reid Link
Hamish Dalziell (Fr 1961) and Ken Neale
advice and support throughout 2019.
Building. The College will work with the
(Fr 1961) for pledging their support. Many
Students’ Club over the next three years to
parents also made voluntary building fund
use this funding in the best way possible
donations throughout the year, allowing
for our students.
us to continue with ongoing building
We were inspired in 2019 by the
Furthermore, we are grateful for David
maintenance across the campus.
Kenyon (Fr 1975) and the Kenyon
Scholarships were also well supported,
Foundation’s ongoing commitment to
and we were excited to work with
supporting the new Student Hub, which
members of our community who wished
will be known as the Kenyon Common
to establish new named scholarships in
Room. Charlie Taylor (Fr 1982) has also
2019. Alex Halliday (Fr 1965) established
to all of our alumni, parents and friends who made time to share their professional experiences as part of our new Professional Development Program.
Ms Hannah Atwell Director of Advancement Executive Officer, SAC Foundation
