Third Annual Irish Week Challenge raises more than $11,500 to benefit Notre Dame students.
The 3rd Annual Irish Week Challenge finished up last week as another big success for NDPMA! The Challenge raised more than $11,500 in support of Notre Dame and its annual appeal, The Notre Dame Fund, which directly benefits students from junior kindergarten through 12th grade.
Similar to last year’s Challenge, which honored four of the school’s staffers—Fr. James Strasz, Mrs. Ellen Tessada, Mr. Norman Kotarski, and Ms. Kathy Bembas—this year’s fundraising effort was focused on everyone who’s served at any of the Notre Dame schools as well as Pontiac Catholic or Oakland Catholic. As a result, more than 115 faculty and staff members were honored last week as part of the challenge. Among those called out during the week were Diana Atkins, Fr. Ron DesRosiers, Gretchen Glick, Fr. John Kiselica, Br. Louis Plourde and Conrad Vachon. A complete list of "champions" is available below.
“Based on the enthusiastic response to the previous two efforts, we decided to expand the challenge,” said Gregory Simon, Notre Dame’s director of advancement. “The ‘Who's Your Champion’ theme gave donors a chance to honor anyone who works (or worked) to make our Notre Dame schools special. We are thrilled, grateful, and humbled by the generous response. It goes to show how much our community of alumni, parents and friends appreciate the work being done on behalf of our students.”
The overall goal for the Notre Dame Fund is $600,000, which school officials hope to reach or surpass by the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 2017. More information on the fund is at ndpma.org/ndfund.
List of “Who’s your champion” honorees (as of March 19, 2017)
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Dr. Laurie Alkidas Kim Rose Anderson Melissa Archer Diana Atkins Carol Belkowski Kathy Bembas Kelly Bicknell Anthony Borton Kathy Bowers Suzanne Braverman Jeff Bullard Anthony Butorac Beth Campbell Russell Cannon Michael Carman Danny Chun Madame Connors-Elbode Joan Cross Aaron Crouse Allison Dery Father Ron DesRosiers Ned Devine Kathy Downs Jim Doyle Kathy Dugan Larry Egan Bart “Buzz” Famularo Dave Fazzini Julie Frakes Paul Frank Rachel Fruchey Meredith Gifford Gretchen Glick Andrew Guest Barbara Hall Dr. Claudia Heinbuck Father Joseph Hindelang Larry Jack Jocelynn Yaroch |
Brandon Jezdimir Roy Johnson Greg Kaiser Nick Kator Mike Kelly Fr. John Kiselica Joan Kopytek Norm Kotarski Donna Kotzan Lin Krankel Kim Kreisel Mary Jo Leseman Sandra LewAllen Kyle Lilek Brian Little Carrie Lytle Joe Martin Kathleen McCaffrey Mark McCaskey Jerry McGhee Susan McGinnis Amy McLeod John Mills Jill Mistretta Cathy Moras Michael Morrison Sylvia Mulrenin Mark Murphy Marna Nemon Heidi Newby Fr. Ron Nikodem Kathleen Offer Fr. Leon Olszamowski David Osiecki Ken Parent Kala Parker Mary Jane Pasko Kelly Patterson Robert Patterson |
Julie Pfaff Shari Phillips Michelle Pittel Marie Place Brother Louis Plourde Chris Polsinelli Amy Priess Maureen Radulski Lauren Raleigh William Raymond Elaine Reimann Harold Rice Jamie Rodda Katrina Sagert Vlado Salic Fr. Ron Saunders LeAnne Schmidt Jim Sesi Mary Simmonds Gregory Simon Bev Smith Kirby Smith John Smith III Dan Staniszewski Fr. James Strasz Bob Strong Donna Stuk Ellen Tessada Katherine Thomas Susan Toczylowski Jim Travis Conrad Vachon Barbara Ward Mary Watson Jason Whalen Beverly Williams Betty Wroubel Sheri Yanik Cathy Zuccaro |
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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." The Marist Fathers and Brothers sponsor NDPMA's Catholic identity and manages its educational program. Notre Dame is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.