Did You Know?

The Illuminating Lives Campaign was launched in 2012 with an audacious goal. Saint Ben’s wants to raise $100 Million dollars- primarily to fund scholarships for Saint Ben’s Students but also to make some much needed improvements to academic and athletic spaces on campus.

For the last six years, staff and volunteers have been working to raise leadership gifts toward that $100 million-dollar goal. You may remember the largest gift ever to be given to Saint Ben’s - $10 million dollars - was given as part of this campaign. As of now, almost $72 million has been raised. With only $28 million dollars to go before the campaign wraps up in June 2020, we are excited to invite the rest of the Saint Ben’s community of alumnae, parents, and friends to join us in reaching our goal.

Campaigns work in phases like the planning phase, the quiet phase, and the public phase. On November 15th this year, Saint Ben’s will launch the public phase of the Illuminating Lives Campaign. This means after that date you’ll start to hear, see, and experience a lot of communication from Saint Ben’s that centers around the importance of the campaign. We’ll be hosting events, having lots of conversations, and turning our attention to the projects and students that the campaign money will support.

This also means there will be lots of opportunities for you to be involved, as our trusted volunteers, to help us reach our goal. These opportunities will include everything from fundraising events, new volunteer opportunities, inviting your classmates to make a gift to the campaign, and telling the story of how your Saint Ben’s education is changing your life and the world. We have a very special new initiative planned to help us do just that.

In the coming months, you’ll learn more about the campaigns specific goals, our progress, and the needs that we still face. For now, mark your calendars for November 15th and be ready to jump in and illuminate some lives!