The Harbor Fund
Annual Giving at Harbor Country Day School
What it's all About
It's
all about the children -- the bright, creative, enthusiastic young
members of the Harbor community. The children are why the teachers
come to work in the morning with smiles on their faces, why our parents
become so engaged in the life of the school, and why Harbor's founders
took the bold step of starting a new school in 1958.
In
keeping with our mission, "Academic rigor, responsibility, individual
attention in a caring community," Harbor aims to provide its students
an education not available elsewhere. The purpose of The Harbor Fund is
to help Harbor Country Day School to better serve our students.
Why the Harbor Fund exists
The cost to educate your child at Harbor Country Day School is far
greater than the tuition Harbor charges. The same is true at every
independent school. Many schools, however, can turn to income produced
by their endowments to supplement tuition. Harbor's endowment, though
growing, is still small.
Thus
Harbor, like every independent school, relies on annual gifts intended
for general purposes to help complete the funding of its programs.
(Other sources include income from our Summer Camp and Workshops and
from our budding endowment.)
The
Harbor Fund, which is raised and completely expended each year, is made
up exclusively of these annual gifts from you and other members of the
Harbor family.
What the Harbor Fund pays for
Contributions to the Harbor Fund support the core budget of the
school. The Harbor Fund allows us to do a little more than we
otherwise could. It enhances the program in every area, supporting
teachers' salaries and helping provide school supplies, software for
classrooms, basketballs, library books, power and light, fuel oil, and
upkeep on our historic school home. The list goes on and on.
Because
Harbor is non-profit, every dollar goes to improve the school and our
program. The bigger the Harbor Fund, the more we can do.
The Harbor Family
Ask people what makes Harbor special, and you hear replies like these:
"The school is challenging yet nurturing." "Nothing else challenged me
- not high school or college - the way Harbor did." "I was as close to
my eighth grade classmates as I am to my brother and sister." "It's
safe." "It's a home away from home."
We
are all part of the Harbor family - students, parents, grandparents,
teachers, staff, alumni, parents of alumni. Many Harbor students start
in Nursery and continue right through to graduation from Eighth Grade.
That's 11 years of the Harbor experience - longer than students will
spend in any other educational setting. This rich, well-rounded
experience shapes young lives, not only in our students' academic
knowledge and habits, but also in their character, their confidence,
and their skills at living and working with others.
The Harbor Fund — Participate!
We invite every member of the Harbor community - the parents of
children currently enrolled, our graduates from each of the last 48
years, the parents of our graduates, the grandparents of our current
and past students - to join in support of the Harbor Fund.
There is room for gifts of every
size. Every gift makes a difference; they all add up. Whether you
choose to become a member of the Green and White Club, the Founders'
Circle, or some level in between, we value your generosity and your
support.
Participation
is important! Your participation in The Harbor Fund shows not only
your support for the Harbor Country Day of the present, but also your
expectation that an even stronger Harbor will begin to grow in the
coming year.
For
more information about giving to the Harbor Fund, please contact Steve
Howard, Director of Advancement, at (631) 584-5555 or showard@hcdsny.org.