Good Stewards of Alumni Gifts – Funds Projects Outside Scope of SHS School Budget
Electrical workers lay conduit under the SHS fields.
The SHS Foundation has successfully completed it’s first full year of operation by raising the money necessary to match a $90,000 gift from the Charlie Semprebon Fund earmarked by the City of Barre for lighting the school’s athletic fields.
Underground electrical work has been completed and installation of the lighting system is underway. By August of this year the lights will shine at Spaulding High. This is the first of many projects envisioned by the Foundation to bring the athletic complex into the 21st century.
Their efforts are in keeping with the stated mission of the organization, which is: to raise funds through organized campaigns and planned gift opportunities to finance projects and initiatives beyond what the school budget can support. [Read more…]