Campaign Co-Chairs Steve Tassinari Dale & Carol Neudecker

Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities of a New Century Rational For the Campaign

The leaders of MCHS are launching a Capital Campaign to raise $3,000,000 to enhance our classrooms and educational resources, modernize and upgrade our current physical facilities and substantially increase our endowment. With pledges exceeding $1,000,000 to date, including a lead gift of $854,000 from the Diocese of Springfield Harvest of Hope Campaign, our new MCHS Foundation is conducting a comprehensive, broad-based regional campaign to raise the rest of our goal. A great deal of planning, thought and prayer by many people associated with Marquette have assisted in forming the basis of this bold and exciting Vision for the 21st Century. By working together we will ensure that the high quality of the “Marquette Experience” continues for years to come.

Our Vision

Impacting
• Preparing students for a lifetime of learning
• Enriching moral character
• Providing a Christian-based education in the Catholic tradition
• Stabilizing our neighborhood and being an anchor for community development and rejuvenation

Leading
• Developing skills for leadership roles
• Providing experience-based exposure to develop compassion and competence for leadership
• Pursuing excellence- academically, spiritually, morally and physically

Succeeding
• Offering students the tools and knowledge for future success in higher education roles
• Fostering attitudes and expectations for success in life
• Always knowing that the ties to Marquette endure for a lifetime

Overall Campaign Purposes
• Implement state-of-the-art technology upgrades and learning resources throughout the campus
• Improvements throughout the campus that will provide a better learning environment, more efficient use of energy and improved safety features for students and faculty
• Renovation of the 1954 building to create an Alumni Hall for students, alumni and members of the community to gather
• Increase the existing endowment to support future generations of students

Levels of Recognition

Donor Recognition Levels for the Wall of Fame to be located within the new Alumni Hall.

Founder	$500,000 and above
Pere Marquette	$100,000 - $499,999
Sr. Angela Merici	$50,000 -$99,999
Ursuline	$25,000 - $49,999
Serviam	$10,000 - $24,999
Mission	$5,000 - $9,999
Explorer	$1,000 - $4,999

All donors to the Campaign will be listed in the Newsletter in alphabetical order by name. We will not list specific gift/pledge amounts made by donors. Requests by contributors to remain anonymous will be honored.

Ways of Giving

Your gift or pledge to support the Marquette Catholic High School Campaign is greatly appreciated and the methods of giving are numerous. Some of the most common ways of giving are listed below.

• A pledge for up to 3 to 5 years
• A gift of cash
• A gift of securities
• A gift of real estate
• A gift of tangible personal property (real estate, crops, etc.)
• A gift through a charitable remainder trust (unitrust or annuity trust) with an income interest retained for life
• A company matching gift, payroll deduction or automatic bank draft

Contact

Thank you for your consideration of support for the Marquette Catholic High School Capital Campaign.

For further information or to receive additional materials on this project, please contact Melissa Bell at:

MCHS Foundation 219 E. 4th Street Alton, IL 62002 618-463-2601