Community Development Dish

by Adrianne Morrison, Director of Development

As most of you know, AWS is a private school and a non-profit. Just like all non-profits, we think about fundraising in order to come to a balanced budget. But development at a Waldorf School is much more than fundraising: it’s community development. This year, our development goals will focus on building relationships, working together, and maintaining what makes our Waldorf school so unique. We will make this happen in a very special way, through our Streamlined Giving Plan.

100% participation in Streamlined Giving plan will make it possible to:
Pay for teacher training, snacks in the preschool, field trips, 8th gradeclass trips, and supplies;
Completely underwrite Holiday Faire, so that we can provide free entry;
Fund community building initiatives, like free t-shirts and directories;
Underwrite the majority of the Spring $10,000 Giveaway Event;
Stock a full service-oriented Waldorf school store.

Streamlined Giving is meant to be a service to parents who desire a convenient way to support what they love about the school without a lot of fundraising. Watch for pledge cards in the mail this month. Thank you— from the whole community—to those members who have already contributed. Remember, for Streamlined Giving to work properly, we need 100% participation!