The 2010 Annual Giving Appeal will be sent out shortly. This year’s Appeal aims to raise $40,000 to provide:
Jane Armstrong, Drama and English teacher, received a $1,000 scholarship from the 2008 Appeal. The scholarship assisted with the cost of voice and drama workshops and individual tuition in Performance Arts.
• Six new film editing suites for Media Studies • Portable rostra, lights, curtains and equipment for Performing Arts • Support for the Archives • Student support, and • Teacher scholarships. Please give to this year’s Appeal - many modest contributions will combine to a significant total.
Plant a Small Tree... with a Bequest to the College
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t has been said that One of the noblest actions a man can take is to plant a small tree that will one day give shade to those he may never know.
The three main types of Bequests are: 1. Unrestricted Bequests, having no specific purpose 2. Endowment Bequests, given for either a general or specific purpose, and 3. Facilities Bequests, given for buildings, grounds, facilities and equipment.
In other words; Lumen accipe et imperti. Remembering Wellington College in your Will is a Gift that will last forever. Not only can you plant your own ‘small tree’, but many small trees will one day grow into a great forest and give shade over the whole school! Generous Old Boys and friends of the College have now pledged and given bequests totalling $1,280,000. These include a $500,000 Bequest from an anonymous Old Boy; Violet Dunn’s $500,000 Bequest; and $280,000 pledged or received from other donors, with individual bequests ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. Making a Bequest to The Wellington College Foundation will help future generations of boys and teachers. Your Bequest can help provide professional development for teachers, and financial assistance for students in need; supporting teaching and leadership programmes; helping students with learning difficulties; and supporting cultural and sporting activities. Your Bequest can also help provide new facilities and teaching equipment.
Endowment Bequests (whether for a specified or general purpose) will be invested under the College Endowment Fund and the net income earned each year (after inflation-proofing and protecting the capital amount to maintain its real value over time) will be given to benefit the College. Please give only what you can, and after providing for your family. We are grateful for every Bequest, whatever its size. Every Bequest will help the College in the future, and many modest bequests will build to a large total over time. Bequests normally specify either a fixed dollar amount or a percentage of a donor’s estate - typically 1% or 2%, or up to 5%. To find out more about including Wellington College in your Will please email development@wellington-college.school.nz or phone 04 802-7698
David j Exley United Nations Scholarship
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any Old Boys will remember David J Exley (1940-43). David devoted some 35 years of his life to the United Nations, many of those in post-war Japan. Sadly David passed away late last year - his Obituary appears later in this Lampstand. David retained a quiet but strong connection with his old school and particularly with close friends from his 4A form class. Last year the Wellington College Foundation received a wonderful general Endowment Bequest from David. In his typically modest way, David did not stipulate a purpose for his gift. However, following discussions with his family, we were delighted to propose that a portion of the net income earned by his bequest
each year be awarded to students involved in United Nations related activities or events. Thus the ‘David J Exley United Nations Scholarship’ was born. It is a fitting tribute to David that senior student Mathew Rex is to receive the first David J Exley United Nations Scholarship to assist in attending an international youth conference in The Hague in January 2011. Mathew has been selected as one of several New Zealand delegates to The Hague Model United Nations (www.thimun. org), a five day UN simulation conference for secondary students from around the world. The $500 scholarship will assist the travel costs he needs to raise for his trip. THE LAMPSTAND, 2010 • 11
Development Office
• Help Wellington College • 2010 Annual Giving Appeal