{"id":4967,"date":"2021-06-10T11:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T00:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4967"},"modified":"2021-06-15T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T01:25:25","slug":"light-her-path-3","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/light-her-path-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Her Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Why I Give <\/strong><strong>\u00a3100 to My School<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>(Noting that \u00a3<\/strong><strong>100 in 1963 is equivalent to approximately A$3,000 today)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPapers uncovered from the 1963 SCEGGS Building Fund Appeal reveal a note evidencing the value of alumni communities.\u00a0 It also highlights the fundraising challenges for girls\u2019 schools compared to boys\u2019 schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SCEGGS Archivist Prue Heath has uncovered papers from the 1963 SCEGGS Building Fund Appeal, including a very entertaining note from a past pupil of a girls\u2019 school about donating to your school.\u00a0 The letter is startling for its spirit and for the relevance of its sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing and trying to convey the importance of the current Light Her Path Capital Campaign, the SCEGGS Capital Committee feel that they could not have said it better themselves.\u00a0 We hope you enjoy this delightful note reproduced below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/06\/Light-Her-Path.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"1027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/06\/Light-Her-Path.png 685w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/06\/Light-Her-Path-100x150.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Light Her Path Capital Campaign is seeking to raise $20 million:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$12 million this year to ensure we can bring the new designs for Wilkinson House, melding heritage and function, to life<\/li>\n<li>a further $8 million to expand SCEGGS\u2019 scholarship program from the 35 girls currently supported by means-tested scholarships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We invite every person in our community to give as generously as they can.<\/p>\n<p>See the proposed plans for Wilkinson House on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sceggs.nsw.edu.au\/light-her-path\/why-wilkinson-house\/creating-a-21st-century-learning-environment\/\">website<\/a>.\u00a0 You may also pledge to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sceggs.nsw.edu.au\/light-her-path\/overview-2\/\">Light Her Path<\/a> Capital Campaign or call the SCEGGS Development Office on (02) 9332 1133.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Light Her Path Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why I Give \u00a3100 to My School (Noting that \u00a3100 in 1963 is equivalent to approximately A$3,000 today) Papers uncovered from the 1963 SCEGGS Building Fund Appeal reveal a note evidencing the value of alumni communities.\u00a0 It also highlights the fundraising challenges for girls\u2019 schools compared to boys\u2019 schools. SCEGGS Archivist Prue Heath has uncovered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[79],"class_list":["post-4967","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-light-her-path"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4967"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}