NOVEMBER 2007 (VOL. 14, NO. 1) est. 1893 • K-12 college prep
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Harker Family Pledges Generous Matching Gift to Campaign We have an exciting matching gift to announce. The Madala family, Durga and Srini, and Samantha, Gr. 5, has pledged to match specific contributions to the Annual Giving Campaign with a gift to the Capital Campaign. They are offering this match to encourage incremental giving and to increase our parent participation percentage. It is a 5:1 match for new donors and a 2:1 match for incremental giving. The gift will work as follows: for any family who did not make a gift to the Annual Giving Campaign last year, the Madalas will give $5 to the Capital Campaign for ever y dollar the family contributes this year. So if a family donates $100 to the Annual Giving Campaign, the Madalas will give $500 to the Capital Campaign. For families who made a gift last year, they will give $2 to the Capital Campaign for ever y $1 a family gives incremental to what they gave last year. In this case
if a family gave $100 last year but increased their pledge to $200 this year, the Madalas will donate $200 to the Capital Campaign. As you can see, this is a phenomenal match that ever yone should take advantage of this year. The Madalas feel that all Harker families should participate in the Annual Giving Campaign, especially since we are planning to apply for foundation and corporation grants to help fund the “green” features of the Science & Technology Center this year. Schools that have received this kind of support from foundations and corporations in the past most often had participation rates of 85 to 95 percent of their parents making gifts to the school. This means that ever y gift we receive, no matter the size, could help the school receive millions of dollars for the students.
Saratoga Construction Projects Making Remarkable Progress
Davis Field
Ribbon Cutting – Fall 2008.
giving Donations to the Capital Campaign
$14.425 million of $25 million as of Oct. 10, 2007
Exciting things are happening on the Saratoga campus! The first project to be finished was the new football field. The beautiful Davis Field was inaugurated with much ceremony on Sept. 14, and to add to the celebratory atmosphere, our teams won their games! The boys varsity soccer team beat Redwood Christian 2-1, and our varsity football team beat Sierra Christian 34-12.
Harker News — November 07, Capital Campaign Report
Another milestone was reached on Sept. 23 when the field lights for Davis Field were installed by AMS Electric with the help of a 140-foot crane. The entire set up is part of the manufacturer’s “Green Generation” series, which consumes half the energy of traditional field lights and have an expected lamp life of four times as long. The four poles each emit 15,000 watts and are
under warranty for a dozen years of use, based on expected yearly use, noted Mike Bassoni, facilities manager. The lights are 75 feet tall, and you’ll notice that the light imprint shines exclusively on the field with no spill – truly state-ofthe-art. Their manufacturer, Musco Lighting, provides lights for professional sports and other outdoor facilities around the world. Continued on page 2