Page 18 - Priorities #36 2007-January Annual Report

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Single Gifts Have a
Powerful Impact
Some gifts arrive just in the nick of time, as though a good fairy had come to the rescue.
For example, In December 2005, when it looked as though all of the work and love poured into the Trinity Project might be for naught, a gift of $1
million very literally saved the day. Some gifts reflect a donor’s passion for
one aspect of Priory life—for a long time or a short time. Alvin and Suzanne Maas (parents, classes of 2000 and 2003) had the vision to initiate additional on-campus housing, and they worked tirelessly to bring that vision to reality in the Maas Family Commons. In another example, Priory music students were the main beneficiaries, and the entire campus benefited from a two-year artists-in-residence program that brought young professional musicians to the campus.
Love of the Priory community, or Benedictine values, or both, is usually behind planned gifts. Planned gifts take the form of a donation to be realized in the future, within the donor’s lifetime or in the donor’s estate. One recent donor demonstrates both. He had planned to leave $1 million to the Priory in his estate, but made the gift in his lifetime to underwrite the cost of the Golden Jubilee campaign. With that seed money, nearly $17 million already has been raised.