Dear Alumni and Friends of SPA/SCC

Each year, Saratoga Central Catholic School receives requests for tuition assistance from our SCC families. These families are committed to a Catholic education for their children but need financial help to provide it. SCC strives to give tuition assistance to as many as possible but we have been unable to meet the needs of everyone. At least 25% of our students currently receive financial aid but even more could benefit if we had more to give. In an effort to offset the cost of reduced or waived tuition, The SCC Angel Fund for tuition assistance was created.

For the last two years, our students have accepted a challenge to raise money for this fund. This challenge occurs each Fall with our students participating in the “Walk-a-Thon” which is an annual event designed to increase the visibility of our school in the community while raising money for the SCC Angel Fund. At the conclusion of this appeal, the students are rewarded with raffle prizes and a brief walk through Saratoga Springs displaying our Saratoga Central Catholic Banner, thus “Walk-a-Thon”.

In preparation for Walk-a-Thon, our students speak to their friends, neighbors and relatives and explain how much they love attending SCC and that they want to help their friends stay at school with them. They are motivated to ask for small donations because they do not want their schoolmates to leave SCC because of financial reasons. When our students ask for donations they also explain that they consistently assist others in our area through financial donations and volunteer hours. Saratoga Central Catholic students have raised money and volunteered for Saratoga Bridges, The Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center at Saratoga Hospital, The Special Olympics, Shelters of Saratoga, The Senior Center of Saratoga, Ronald McDonald House, WSWHE BOCES, The Wesley Community, The Home of the Good Shepherd and many others. Our students are proud of this commitment and we believe our success as an educational institution is tied to the success of others in our community.

Our students try to raise as much money as possible and have been successful in raising over $30,000 in the last two years! Although this is a great start, it offsets only a fraction of the tuition assistance given. It is for this reason we ask that you consider helping us reach our goal of providing Catholic educational opportunities to those who need assistance the most.

Our 2018 Annual Appeal to Alumni and Friends will support the SCC Angel Fund for tuition assistance. Please join us again in support of Saratoga Central Catholic School and our students.

Thank you and God Bless you!

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2018 ANNUAL APPEAL

2017 BOCES Thanksgiving Luncheon (top & right photos): SCC’s BOCES Thanksgiving Luncheon hosted by the Senior Class. The SCC Seniors have hosted this luncheon for BOCES students and staff for over 20 years.

2017 Walk-a-thon (pictured above): Saratoga Central Catholic Students walking through the city for Walk-a-thon 2017.

Volleyball gives to Saratoga Hospital (pictured above): The SCC Volleyball program presented Renee Russell, Director of the Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center, and Head Nurse Vickie Healy, with this year’s Saints Spike Out Cancer check from fundraising activities in October 2017. They raised over $1,400 for the Center.

2017 Polar Plunge (top & right photos): SCC students participated in the Polar Plunge in November 2017 at Lake George to raise money for the Special Olympics. The Students raised $1,200.

“Socktober” 2017 Donations (pictured above): The SCC Student Council sponsored a dress down day on Halloween; the cost to participate was a pair of socks. Students donated 457 pairs to CODE BLUE of Saratoga Springs, Shelters of Saratoga, Saratoga Center for the Family and Franklin Community Center.

2017 ALS Walk (pictured above): SCC students volunteered in October for the Walk to Strike Out ALS. The walk benefited St. Peter’s Hospital ALS Regional Center.