Chicago's St. Nicholas School strengthens alumni network (07/17/05)

Chicago's St. Nicholas School strengthens alumni network

CHICAGO - Capitalizing on a recent trend of alumni donations, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School is expanding and strengthening its network of alumni.

The Chicago school received over $8,500 in donations from past graduating classes. Among the donors were the classes of 1964 and 1965, collectively presenting the school with $5,068.06, and the class of 1954, which donated $807.76. In addition, the Ukrainian National Women's League donated $3,000. All the donations went toward the purchase of 20 new computers.

However, according to the school's technical consultant, John Olshansky, the computer lab still is in dire need of additional equipment and software.

Sister Irenea Hankewych, the school principal, decided that in order to garner more alumni donations, St. Nicholas would have to expand its alumni network. Following up on the decision made by Sister Irenea, the school held a contest during the month of February to seek out and contact alumni of St. Nicholas.

As part of the contest, all participating students were encouraged to contact parents, relatives and other acquaintances in order to collect information on alumni. The goal was to attract as many alumni as possible. For each name that a student produced, he or she received a chance to enter into and win "The Alumni Sweepstakes." The deadline to submit names was March 4.

Eight students received recognition for the large number of names they submitted. The first-place prize, a Sony DVD player, was awarded to second grader Alexa Grace Tufenkjian. All other prizes were donated by sponsors of the school, which include: ABT Electronics, BMG Records, the Chicago Fire Department and WBBM 96.3 FM Radio, among others.

Alumni of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School are asked to contact the coordinator of the alumni network project, Marta R. Leseiko, via e-mail at [email protected], or via phone at (773) 782-4972, or via mail at Marta R. Leseiko, c/o St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School, 2015 W. Cortez St., Chicago, IL 60622.

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