PHILANTHROPY AT ST ANDREW’S IN 2021 THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS BENEFACTORS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE TO THE COLLEGE IN 2021. WITH YOUR HELP WE HAVE NOW RAISED OVER $6M TOWARDS OUR END GOAL OF $7M TO ENABLE ACCESS TO ANDREW’S! We were inspired by the
annual fund). This will help to ensure our
kindness and generosity
long-standing commitment to students
shown by our community,
and their families from rural & regional
both towards scholarships,
Australia remains strong.
capital works projects and academic programs. In 2022, the College is celebrating 20 years of undergraduate women,
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Mr Charlie Taylor Chair of Council
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Mr Niall Cairns Chairman of the Foundation
but for a number of years we have had scholarships to support young women
Thank you to every single alumnus, parent or friend of St Andrew’s College who gave and gave generously last year. It was another tough year for not only our community, but the nation and the world, and we are grateful to have had your support throughout this time. Please know that each gift you have made in the past year, no matter the size, is making a difference to our students.
realise their potential at College. We spoke to two families currently supporting scholarships for women at St Andrew’s – the Mostyn Family and Adrian Fonseca & Nancy Reardon-Fonseca – as well as their recipients. Read about their philosophies on giving and the impact it has made on pages 8 and 22. We continued to see strong support for students from the country in 2021, and
The Country Education Foundation and St Andrew’s College have worked together for the past seven years to provide support to these students. We are so grateful for this partnership and wanted to shine a light on the importance of scholarships like this and introduce you to some of the students that have benefitted from this support on page 16. Backing for the Thyne Reid Link Building has come from all corners of our community. The 1959 Freshers came together to celebrate their 60 year fresher reunion in 2019 and subsequently set themselves a goal of raising $50,000 to fund a new bedroom in the Thyne Reid Link. Last year they reached their
an incredible gift from the Eldon D. Foote
fundraising goal, and we thank them for
Because of your support, many of
Foundation made it possible for us to
their efforts. We also wanted to share with
our students have had opportunities,
create the new endowed St Andrew’s
you the story of the McKinnons – whose
previously out of reach, become reality –
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generosity has funded a new room in the
and in their words, changed their lives.
Fund (which previously existed only as an
Thyne Reid Link Building on page 26.
