I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving holiday and is
getting back into the swing of things. At Assumption we have hit the ground
running with all our winter athletics competing this week and over the upcoming
weekend. Congrats to KKD on their state
championship in jazz and pom, and good luck to all our students in their
competitions this weekend.
In the development department Liz continues her hard work on
the annual appeal. The plan is for these
wonderful mailings to be in your mailboxes in the next couple of weeks. The annual President’s Appreciation dinner
will be held next week, and we are putting the finishing touches on our
presentations. It should be a great
night and we look forward to celebrating the generosity of our supporters.
The Development Office also welcomed Jordan Gizzarelli (’99)
to our staff this week as Alumni Relations Director. Jordan holds a B.A. degree in journalism and mass
communication from Iowa State University, and comes to us with experience as a
coordinator of Marketing and Communication at Northwestern University. Jordan is off to a good start and is proving
himself to be a valuable addition to an already strong staff. Along with his Development responsibilities,
he will also be helping out with the school yearbook.
On the business side of things, we are preparing for Assumption’s
Annual Priests luncheon. This is the
time of the year when we discuss the parish subsidy for our 9 supporting
parishes. Once again we are doing our
best to take some of the burden off of our supporting parishes by budgeting for
another 1% decrease in subsidy. This
will be the 8th year that we have decreased subsidy, direct benefit
to our parishes.
I attended Rotary meetings this week in Davenport and North
Scott. Carey and I also participated in an insurance meeting for the Diocese of
Davenport. The Diocese is interested in pursuing
a collective group plan, and the meeting was to discuss what that would look
like.
Have a great weekend!
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