Dear Alumni and Friends,

Our 80th Anniversary Fund Appeal was a success and we deeply appreciate your thoughtful and generous support.

The money raised serves to provide resources for the greatest and most immediate needs of the school, such as scholarships, updating computers and technology, marketing, recruiting, and building upkeep and restoration. The flexibility that these unrestricted funds provide the school is the key to sustaining educational quality as well as a balanced budget during these challenging times.

In our last appeal we outlined some of the recent projects the school has undertaken. We also revealed the challenging agenda we had set for the future, including attracting more students, increasing marketing and recruitment efforts, fund raising, and restoration of our building. All of these projects are underweigh. However, despite some early successes, more aggressive efforts have been slowed due to financial limitations.

Now, more than ever, your continued support is needed to help keep our efforts alive and moving forward. Your generous contribution will enable many more individuals of all ages to develop their skills by studying with the talented and dedicated faculty in the unique and personal environment of duCret.

Individual support not only sustains our work, it also inspires others to give. In addition it creates momentum for foundation grants and may also be applied as matching funds for public grants. Remember that duCret is a non-profit 501(c)3 institution so please add your name to our donor list by making your tax-deductable contribution today. If your company has a matching contribution plan, your gift will be doubly appreciated.

To make a donation right now, simply click on the "donate" button at the top of the page to donate via PayPal (you can also use your credit card or bank account).

Thank you for your generosity and happy holidays!
Sincerely,

Frank Falotico ('73) Director	Leslie Delgyer ('68) President, Board of Trustees