Bird's eye view of Morven - photo courtesy of Kyle Washington

CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS AND ANNUAL CAMPAIGNS

Now is the time of year when the school asks our families to support the Tartan Fund, Collingwood's annual campaign. Hopefully you have already received an appeal from the school. As our capital campaign continues we don't want to lose sight of how important the Tartan Fund is to ensuring the continued quality and growth of our programs.

We want to take this opportunity to clarify the important differences between our annual campaign and our capital campaign and why your support of both is extremely important.

A capital campaign, like Building Excellence: The Campaign for Collingwood, raises funds for large capital projects. These projects have a significant impact on the future of the School. In our case, we are bringing the whole school into the 21st century with state-of-the-art facilities which will include new gymnasiums, classrooms, theatre, a dance studio, and music suites.Just as our founding families shaped and built our school and two campuses since 1984, today's Collingwood parents have a unique opportunity to be a part of shaping the school's legacy.Gifts to a capital campaign are generally larger and, in the case of our campaign, can be pledged over a period of three years. 

Annual campaigns are part of the fabric of any independent school and, as the name implies, are targeted each year to specific projects that are not covered by tuition fees. The focus is on high participation levels - the idea that if everyone could give a modest gift, we can pool those resources together for projects.This year's focus is on all four strands.  Our goals are to increase parent participation to at least 75% and to raise $250,000. 

We hope that you recognize the importance of supporting both our capital campaign as well as our annual campaign. Each has a different and tremendous impact on the lives of our students. In addition, both Annual and Capital Campaign gifts are 100% tax deductible.