Publish Date: December 2023
Thanks to the combined efforts of the parish appeal, business appeal, Forever Saints Day/alumni appeal, and Dancing with the Saints, we raised a record-setting $1.1 million dollars during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Support of the Xavier Impact Fund allowed us to offer all our Xavier Catholic Schools PK-12 teachers a six percent increase in salaries this school year. Our $1 million goal and our commitment will remain the same this year so we can continue to offer competitive and equitable salaries to our dedicated teachers.
LET’S DO IT AGAIN IN 2023-2024! We ask for your continued prayers and support of our Xavier Impact Fund efforts and our Xavier Catholic School Teachers! Donate today at XAVIERSAINTS.ORG/IMPACT.
Earlier this fall, we launched the Xavier Impact Fund – Parish Outreach in our 11 partner parishes. Thanks to the support of our priests, parishioners, principals, and leadership, we are excited to share that to date, we have raised $301,165 to our parish goal of $575,000! Help us continue the march toward our goal by donating at XavierSaints.org/IMPACT.
ANSWERING THE CALL TO MAKE AN IMPACT: 2023-2024 PARISH OUTREACH VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
Overall Campaign Chairs:
Wendy and Sean (R90) Williams – St. Matthew
Christina Chalhoub (X04) – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
All Saints Leaders: Andy and Sara Lang
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Leaders: Kyle and Patti Kunz & Darryl and Jamie Borcherding
Immaculate Conception/St. Wenceslaus Special appreciation to Maria Cavin for her guidance at these parishes.
St. John XXIII Leaders: Amanda and Chad Allard & Aaron and Rebecca Giese
St. Joseph Leaders: Nick and Joni Leymaster & Ed and Katie Walter
St. Jude Leaders: Justin and Tamara Norris, David and Jenn Olson, KJ and Kris Pilcher, & Brad and Tricia Simanek
St. Ludmila Leaders: Emery and Josh Tew
St. Matthew Leaders: Peter and Elizabeth Deegan
St. Patrick Leaders: Matt and Betsy Pithan & Dale and Jenny Emerson
St. Pius X Leaders: Mike and Jody Esker
We greatly appreciate the generosity of our partner parishes to ensure Catholic education is available to all students and families. Just as we offered over the last several years, the Foundation will continue to offer that every dollar raised above the parish goal will go back to parish to use for whatever is deemed the greatest need.
In September, five parishes (All Saints, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Jude, St. Patrick, and St. Pius X) were awarded a combined $39,669 for their parishes to use for their greatest need. Thank you for your wonderful impact on our school and parishes!
2023-24 Business Outreach Chair: Kate (Barnts) Lyon (X99)
Last winter we unveiled a new way to offer business recognition opportunities to our partnering businesses through the expansion of videoboards on campus. Five videoboards are now installed at Xavier, and we saw great success in our inaugural videoboard efforts, doubling our business campaign dollars this past year. Our business volunteers will be seeking videoboard renewals and new opportunities for our business partners again this winter/spring. Reserve your recognition spot today! Packages are available on a first-come/first-serve basis. For a list of supporting business partners or to learn more about the videoboard initiative, click here.
With the focus of our 25th year on our alumni, we wanted to expand our outreach to celebrate our alumni community all year long! On the 25th of each month, we will look at some of the amazing things our Xavier alumni are doing in the world through a video series called ’25 On 25’. Our grand finale will be held on April 18, 2024, as we celebrate all alumni during our 6th Annual Forever Saints Day. FSD event details can be found at XavierSaints.org/FSD and the new ’25 On 25’ video series can be viewed at XavierSaints.org/25.