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There’s a story that is often told around St Andrew’s, a

story that illustrates the culture of philanthropy here at

our College. Often told by staff and Old Collegians, the

tale tells of StAC students from the 1950s who helped

raise money for the Memorial Chapel by selling ‘bricks’

for the Chapel. A target of £1000 was set and students

went about selling paper tickets (‘bricks’) illustrated with

the Memorial Chapel with each ticket representing one

brick. Reading back through the 1954–1955 Collegian

yearbook it is clear to see that the College’s desire for

a Chapel and the associated fundraising drive was very

similar to our need now. The Collegian notes with pride

that the target was reached!

Sixty years later our community is fundraising once

again, this time for a new Chapel, the Sports and

Cultural Centre and Foundation. Community members

are following in the footsteps of those students from

the 1950s by bringing their brick donation boxes to the

College filled with spare change. Brick donation boxes

were sent out to community members as part of their

STEP materials in April this year.

We are delighted to report that we have started to receive your brick

donation boxes that you received as part of the STEP campaign

mail out. Donors of all ages are giving their spare change to the

campaign, including Peter Olds (1934), who at 93 is one of our oldest

Old Collegians and Holly Goddard, who is eight and in the Preparatory

School.

Be a part

Buy a brick

To recognise the generosity of donors who have given $3,000 or more there are two initiatives

in which donors can participate.

Two thousand of the original bricks from the

Memorial Chapel have been carefully salvaged and

will be incorporated into the new design as part of the

memorial wall. Bricks are available for purchase at

$3,000 each, which can be paid over five years at the

cost of $50.00 per month. This donation will go to the

Chapel fund. All donors of this level or above will have

their name or family’s name recorded on a plaque.

Buy a note

Donors to the Sports and Cultural Centre and to the

St Andrew’s College Foundation can buy a ‘note’ from the

College song, which will be displayed in the Sports and

Cultural Centre. The cost of a ‘note’ is $3,000 and can be

paid over five years at $50.00 per month. All donors of

this level or above will have their name or family’s name

recorded on a plaque.

For more information about giving to the STEP

campaign please visit

stac.school.nz

or contact Naomi

Wilde, Development Officer, on

nwl@stac.school.nz

or

03 940 2069

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Brick donation boxes can be brought into Strowan House

reception or the Alumni and Development Office. For more

information please visit the website

stac.school.nz

or contact

Naomi Wilde, Development Officer, at

nwl@stac.school.nz

or

03 940 2069

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