Spartans' Giving: Every Gift Adds Up; Every Gift Makes a Difference

The B. W. Harris Episcopal School Alumni Association encourages alumni and friends to make a difference to the school by making tax deductible gifts. These gifts strengthen the school's ability to serve students through scholarships, teaching, innovative technology, extracurricular activities and capital investments; they help shape the experience of every B. W. Harris student and faculty member. Every gift adds up! Every Gift Makes a Difference!

Spartan Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame membership is enshrined with a gift of $500.00. "Hall of
Famers" are acknowledged for their generosity during the Annual Convention
and receive a plaque to commemorate this unique achievement. The Hall of Fame will be published each year in the Convention program and prominently displayed on the Association's Website. This level of contribution includes the annual registration fee of $70.00. Contributions from "Hall of Famers" support all aspects of the Association programs including technology, building renovation, teachers' salary subsidies and scholarships. The generosity of Hall of Fame donors offers the Association flexibility and the capacity for special opportunities; this constitutes the leadership circle of Alumni donors.

Spartan Wall of Recognition

Placement on the Spartan Wall of Recognition is achieved by a donation of
$200.00. The Wall of Recognition will be displayed at each Annual Convention and maintained on the Association Website. $100.00.00 of the Wall of Recognition contribution is specifically designated to fund the renovation of the school building. The other $100.00 will be used to support other Alumni Association programs. Donations at this level offer significant capacity to the Association to fund building and other infrastructural renovations, while sustaining its other programs.

Spartan Wall of Memory (WOM)

The Spartan Wall of Memory offers an opportunity to honor the sacred memory of our departed loved ones. Placement on the Spartan Wall of Memory is achieved by a donation of $150.00. The Wall of Memory is opened to any departed loved one that the contributor elects to honor. The Wall of Memory will be displayed at each Annual Convention and maintained on the Association's Website. $100.00 of Wall of Memory contributions will be specifically designated to fund the renovation of the school building. The remaining $50.00 will be used to support other Alumni Association programs. Donations in honor of our blessed departed offers  a special way to memorialize those who have gone before us and at the same time  significantly increases the  capacity of the Association to fund building and other infrastructural renovations, while sustaining its other programs.

Spartan Pride

Imagine if every Spartan showed Spartan Pride each year. Participation at the Spartan Pride level offers an opportunity to show meaningful and ongoing commitment to the school. Every Spartan who does not contribute at the Hall of Fame or Wall of Recognition levels during a Spartan year is encouraged to show their Spartan Pride with an annual gift of $100.00. Members who achieved Hall of Fame or Wall of Recognition status in prior years are also encouraged to show their Spartan Pride annually with a $100.00 contribution. During the building renovation, this $100.00 is designated solely for that purpose. Spartan Pride donations will be reported each year at the Annual Convention and on the Association's Web Site.

CHAPTER AND CLASS CHALLANGE

Friends Asking Friends in their Classes or Chapters.

This will be your greatest fund raising resource: Using email, letters, phone calls and word of mouth, you ask people in your personal network of your graduation class or chapter to participate in the Spartan Giving Campaign. Every Gift Adds Up; Every Gift Makes a Difference

Our Capital Campaign, which is the sole fund raising campaign of the Association has established three levels of giving:

 

1. Spartan Hall of Fame is enshrined with a gift of $500.00.  


2. Spartan Wall of Recognition : Placement on the Spartan Wall of Recognition is achieved by a donation of 200.00.


3.  Spartan Pride:  Participation at the Spartan Pride level is achieved by contributing $100.00. 

 

Start early

Call your friends.

Meet face to face.

Set a class or chapter goal

Educate

Follow-up

 

Both the class and the chapter that brings in the highest contributions to the Capital Campaign will be recognized each year beginning at this Convention during the program.

Why should I give

• The Spartan class challenge is intended to exhibit a spirit of giving to our dear school through the collective efforts of the many men and women who were privileged to walk the corridors of the Bravid Washington Harris Episcopal school. It is our hope that the philanthropy of Spartans and others will sustain our excellence into the future.
  
  
• Making an annual gift to the class challenge is an important initiative to begin at this time.
  
  
• Give because you have a Spartan spirit and love for the blue and white

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Class Captains

Class of 69 - Tarpleh Anderson

Class of 70-TBA

Class of 72 - Eugenia Roberts Jelani

Class of 73- TBA

  Class of 74 - Joshua Cassell

Class of 75 - Mai Anderson

Class of 76 - Jared Brandy

Class of 77 - James Skirving Smith

Johantz Caine - Co Captain

Class of 78 - Dorothy Richards Tolbert and David Moore

Class of 79- Rillette Harmmond

Class of 80 - Winfred Clarke

Class of 81 - Stephen Taylor and Joseph Walker

Class of 82 - J. Wah-doe Bedell

Class of 83 - Joanna Freeman Richards and Nee Allison

Class of 84 - TBA

Class of 85-TBA

Class of 86-TBA

Class of 87 - Henry V. Kimber

Co-Captain-   Albertha Kamah Wilson-Gillespie

Class of 88 - Getahn Ward/Darren Wilkins

Class of 89 - Gerald Newman

Class of 98/99 - Tanue N. Jeke

Class of 2007/08 - Mahmoud Johnson

Chapter Representatives

Metro - Horatio Bernard

Tri- State - Clarence Tuning

Mid-West - Mai Anderson

Georgia - Gail Farngalo

Rhode Island - Charles Johnson

North Carolina - Owen Neal

Delaware - Berma Findley

Chapter Representative and Class Captain committee member duties :

• To hold organizational telephone conferences  and discuss ways and means of bringing members to the table
  
  
• To encourage attendance and support of convention
  
  
• To inform all members of the yearly Class challenge and work to ensure full participation
  
  
• To make progress reports of class challenge achievements to the committee