A Successful Giving Day

The Brooks community showed up to do well and do good on the school’s eighth annual Giving Day.

Brooksians of all generations pulled together on February 9, 2023, to support the school by engaging in a Giving Day drive toward the school’s Brooks Fund. The 24-hour effort featured two matching challenges, a push by an NFL star, and the knowledge that every gift given to the Brooks Fund would trigger the donation of a supply to Bellesini Academy, a longtime partner of Brooks located in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

The day was, once again, a success. The school hoped to meet its goal of 750 gifts; over 24 hours, you made 888 gifts totaling $362,975. The class of 1975 topped the leaderboard with 63% participation, followed by the classes of 1985 and 1973. The Class of 1985 led in total donors.

HOW DID YOU PULL THAT OFF?

As donors and volunteers connected with the school around our February 9 Giving Day, this was one of the first questions posed to the school. How did the Giving Day video come together? The definition of a community effort, the video brought together students, teachers and staff as everyone gathered on Main Street after the first Chapel following Winter Term. Hundreds of people held signs and cheered on cross-country champion Kata Clark ’25 as she, along with this year’s school prefects, ran down Main Street proudly waving the Brooks School flag before passing it off to Giving Day volunteer and NFL player Pat Freiermuth ’18. The video captured the spirit of Giving Day, during which participants come together to celebrate Brooks and support one another. Go Brooks!

GIVING DAY BY THE NUMBERS

888

TOTAL GIFTS $362,975

TOTAL DOLLARS

Highest percentage participation

63%

The class of 1975

Highest number of donors: 44

The class of 1985

The Brooks Fund helps pay for every aspect of day-to-day life at Brooks. In the previous fiscal year, the Brooks Fund supported 10% of the school’s annual operating budget.