Did you know that tuition dollars cover only 72 percent of the cost for each student to attend Hathaway Brown? If we relied on tuition alone, the school year would end roughly in the middle of winter. There would be no springtime classes gathered around the fountain, no running through the sprinkler in the heat of May for the senior class last-day-of-school hurrah. Without the support of generous donors to the Annual Fund, the nine-month school year would be whittled down to six and a half.
The HB school community is marking “Tuition Runs Out Day,” symbolically established on February 18, with a daylong celebration of the people who make a full HB education possible for students in every division. The Class of 2015 will get everything rolling with the Senior Gift Kick-Off. The goal is for all 93 seniors to make a gift to the Annual Fund. This will be the sixth year in a row for a graduating class to have 100 percent participation in the Annual Fund. Alyzah Quereshy ’15 made a fun short film to emphasize the importance of the Annual Fund and get everyone excited about Tuition Runs Out Day. Watch Alyzah’s video by clicking here:
Her classmates will participate in a special Phone-a-thon, during which they will make outreach calls to members of the Class of 2014. In the evening of February 18, February 19, and February 24, HB faculty, staff, parents, alumnae, and board members will call former students, grandparents and current parents to encourage donations to help the school reach its Annual Fund goal of $1.7 million. And Upper School Gold Key students will get in touch with alumnae who are celebrating their reunions this year to thank them for the gifts they have made in honor of those occasions.
If you would like to make your gift to this year’s Annual Fund, please visit www.hb.edu/supportHB. Follow the Phone-a-thon's progress and share your annual fund donation story on social media with the hashtag #HBTROD.