Leaving a Legacy for Life

The Winged Heart Society is a special part of the Haileybury family. It is a community of people who have indicated that they have placed or plan to leave a gift in their will to Haileybury. A bequest is a wonderful way to celebrate your past while planning for the future.

By making a provision for Haileybury Foundation in your will, you can create an enduring legacy and help to ensure that future generations of students continue to acquire a lifelong love of learning and service to the community.

Gifts in wills are the fastest source of fundraising income today. These funds have enormous potential to transform our future and deliver amazing outcomes for future generations.

Currently, three students at Haileybury are the beneficiaries of scholarships left through a bequest to Haileybury Foundation. These students would never have had this opportunity of a lifechanging education had it not been for this foresight. It is our hope that hundreds and eventually thousands of students will be able to benefit from the legacy left by proud Haileyburians across the generations.

Haileybury’s Winged Heart Society provides our community members with a wonderful way to celebrate their past, while planning for the future. Membership of the Winged Heart Society allows members to connect at an annual luncheon, and to receive regular updates from scholarship students and members of the School Executive via a twice-yearly newsletter. In recent times, our community has been deeply saddened by the passing of two valued Old Haileyburians and members of the Winged Heart Society.

Peter Hicks (OH ’65)

Following graduation from Haileybury in 1965, Peter went on to study Engineering and Mathematics at Monash University and had a wonderfully exciting and varied career with Telstra in telecommunications research spanning 35 years. Peter also simultaneously worked as an engineer with the Australian Naval Reserve, with whom he served voluntarily for 50 years until retirement. Peter reiterated often that “Haileybury gave me a great start to life”.

Peter left a substantial bequest to Haileybury Foundation and subsequently The Peter Hicks Scholarship has been awarded to a fine young man, Mithul Amarasekara, who will commence at the Keysborough campus in Year 7 in 2022. Mithul hopes one day to become a marine biologist so that he can “protect the Great Barrier Reef and the marine ecosystem of the world”. Mithul is extraordinarily grateful and comments, “I am grateful that I received the Peter Hicks Scholarship. Honestly, this is one of the greatest achievements in my life. I will do my best to make the School proud. Thank you so much, Haileybury, for this wonderful opportunity”.

We wish Mithul the very best for his start at Haileybury in 2022.

Mark Reynolds (OH ’79)

Mark Reynolds loved Haileybury and his time at the School and was an engaged member of the OHA and Foundation right up until his death. Mark’s best friend, Peter Hepenstall (OH ’79) fondly remembers Mark as “the kindest and most generous man I have known. He loved school life and our Class of ‘79 was a big family. He excelled in football and cricket and was an extremely successful stockbroker even after a crippling illness rendered him in a wheelchair. Mark was loved by many and is missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him”.

The Mark Reynolds Scholarship will commence in 2023.