Giving Day

Giving Day A Commitment to Caring

As we slowly emerge from the pandemic, we face new challenges in combatting the financial impact of the allencompassing disruption to our way of life. Many in our community have been suffering hardship, as have many more across our city and our state. Caring and a strong sense of community have been integral to our approach to student wellbeing during the pandemic, as indeed it has throughout St Michael’s 125-year history. Caring about our students, our community and the wider world. In keeping with our values, we decided to alleviate this hardship by offering more Scholarships to assist families with education expenses. St Michael’s has a comprehensive Scholarships program which plays a critical role in ensuring diversity in our School community. Through our Scholarships, we seek to enhance the ethos and culture of St Michael’s and to provide opportunities for those students who otherwise may not be able to start, or continue, their St Michael’s education. To support our Scholarships program, we held our very first Giving Day on Thursday 19 November. Over 24 hours, we asked our St Michael’s community to dig deep to support our Scholarship Fund, so that we can offer more Scholarships and sustain our program well into the future. We set out with a goal of achieving $50,000 in total donations. This amount would enable two students to attend St Michael’s for a year.

“I am proud to support as a former scholarship holder.” – Elena Wallis

As the 24 hour period came to an end, we were overwhelmed with the generosity and support from more than 100 individual donors who, like us, are committed to caring. The tally stood at an incredible $69,400. Every dollar we raised above our target will help to support more students. Our first Giving Day was a tremendous success and we are beyond grateful to the many individuals and families who stepped up and showed their support. Thanks to our St Michael’s family, we were able to build our Scholarship Fund to offer more Scholarships and sustain our program well into the future.

“This is a fabulous School. What a wonderful way to celebrate 2020.” – Paula Scher