CROWDS4TUS AND4OTHERS

CROWDS4TUS

On March 3, 2020, a New Rochelle resident became the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in Westchester County. Within days, the city of New Rochelle became the epicenter of the virus — the “Containment Zone”. The National Guard was deployed and the first drive thru testing site in the state opened at Glen Island Park. Like all schools and businesses in the one-mile containment zone, Ursuline closed its campus.

Thanks to a creative, tech savvy and resilient faculty and student body, the transition to remote learning was done quickly and with ease. The preparedness for that moment was due in large part to Annual Fund support. Our faculty are trained in the latest techniques and technology, we invest in our infrastructure and facilities, and our students receive the support and encouragement needed to adapt. The Annual Fund helps to cover the costs associated with all of these things, so we thank you for participating in fundraisers such as CROWDS4TUS that support the Annual Fund.

AND4OTHERS

As local workers were laid off, cleaning supplies and food scarce, and children who rely on school lunch programs were home, HOPE Community Services in downtown New Rochelle reported an increase of 364% in the number of meals served from February. 2020 to March 2020 (56,654 meals in March, up from 15,566 just one month earlier). While needs grew exponentially, costs escalated as meals required individual packaging, volunteerism declined, and fundraising events were cancelled.

When crises occur, it is the most vulnerable who are usually the worst affected. Ursuline’s Social Action Club immediately began conducting bi-weekly, outdoor, socially- distant food drives which provided some immediate relief to our struggling neighbors. We also reinvented our annual day of giving to become, CROWDS4TUS AND4OTHERS, allocating a quarter of the proceeds, $25,000, to HOPE Community Services and Community Service Associates in Mount Vernon. Additionally, we incorporated “Challenges” to benefit the two organizations (see at right).

Carole Troum, Development Director of HOPE, expressed what the support meant to those working at HOPE, “The Ursuline community caring so much about their neighbors in need gives us the energy we need to get the job done.” THANK YOU to everyone who joined the CROWD last April and made a difference in the lives of Ursuline students and the larger community!

Please join us again on FRIDAY, APRIL 23RD AND SATURDAY, APRIL 24TH as we strive to make CROWDS4TUS AND4OTHERS our most successful day of giving yet.