THE IMPACT OF YOUR PHILANTHROPY 

Impact: Philanthropy in Action 2021-22

If you could use only one word you would use to describe our School, what would it be?

In a recent visioning exercise led by Little — the design firm helping us to define our hopes and dreams as we think of health and wellness in the context of a whole-child education — students, parents, and employees were asked to answer this same question.

Almost 33% of participants chose a word like “community” or “family.” Did you also think of a similar word?

It’s this sense of shared humanity, of community, that defines St. Anne’s-Belfield. I see it each day in our students as they interact with their peers. I see it among our faculty and staff as they teach our students about what it means to be a visionary leader and exemplary citizen, in ways both large and small. I see it in my colleagues, who have reached far beyond what many would imagine possible to reinvent our School. And I see it in the generosity of donors like you, who make it all possible.

Thank you for being a vital part of our St. Anne’s-Belfield community. While I have many words I could use to describe you and your annual gift to the school, the word I would like to choose is impactful.

This Impact: Philanthropy Report 2021-22 tells the stories of a few of the many ways your gift to The Fund for St. Anne’s-Belfield has supported our students this past year. In reading through these stories, I hope you will be as energized and impressed by our young people, and the teachers that inspire them, as I am. Your gift truly touched every corner of our community.

Thank you, and Go Saints!

Dr. Autumn A. Graves, P ’33, ’35
Head of School