Parent Challenge Announced

On April 18, Fr. Willie ‘87 announced the launch of the first-ever Parent Challenge. This initiative came together as a result of the annual Tombola being canceled this academic year.

“Normally, Tombola helps us raise the much-needed funds for the Financial Assistance Program,” said Executive Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations Phil Fernández ‘94. “Since we can’t have it, we needed to think of a way to engage our parents and inspire them to give to the school, starting with what they would normally have spent at the festival.”

The Parent Challenge is meant to engage parents by using a dynamic website that updates every time a gift is made in real-time. The friendly challenge pins the seven grades up against one another and ranks them by participation rate and overall donation amount.

“The Belen community is the ultimate winner,” said Fernández. “The school is benefiting from the generosity of our parents and in turn, the funds will be allocated to the Annual Fund for Belen.”

The Fund for Belen sustains the school’s commitment to quality education. We rely on these gifts to help close the gap between our tuition revenues and the higher cost of providing a top education. The collective support of this campaign gives Belen the flexibility to support various initiatives. Virtually no aspect of our school, from arts, athletics, technology upgrades, faculty development, and others is left untouched by Annual Fund contributions. Gifts help control tuition levels to continue making our school accessible to families of all financial levels. It is important to remember that Annual Fund for Belen gifts are tax-deductible, whereas tuition increases are not.