St. Thomas Aquinas Academy

Catholic Central High School Foundation

The Marinette Catholic Central High School Foundation, Inc. was founded in February 1976.  The Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy.  The goal of its financial investment program is to provide continuing and growing resources for such purposes without depleting the corpus.  The affairs of the Foundation are managed by a volunteer Board of Directors including ex officio directors such as the Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese, the President of Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy, and the President of the Board of Trustees of the school. 
 
Due to economic necessity, the Foundation building on Water Street was closed.  The building is now used for storage.  The old windows were drafty and the building was too costly to heat for office space.  The roof has been patched and all documents, pictures, yearbooks, newsletters, and memorabilia have been organized into clear plastic bins in a separate room.  A Foundation committee has worked to organize and preserve school history as best as possible.  All operating expenses have been sliced to the bare minimum and all work is done by volunteers.  The Foundation maintains a small office upstairs in the gym.  Calls/inquiries and emails are welcome and are being taken by the President at the phone number and email address listed below.  Tours of the school are being given with surprised comments at how great “the old school” looks for being the oldest high school in the state of Wisconsin!

Services Provided:

·        Maintain a current listing of the Alumni

·        Supporting class reunions – offering tours, presentations, etc. at the gatherings

·        Providing information/methodology to potential donors as to the options available in – contributing to the Foundation, e.g. trusts, wills, stocks, etc.

·        Restoring, preserving memorabilia, historical information from the 1876 to present

·        Communicating with Alumni, benefactors, friends of Our Lady of Lourdes School/Catholic Central High School/Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy via newsletters

·        Initiating capital campaigns that provide major financial support for the Foundation

·        Scholarships for worthy students

·        Awarding Touhey Award to person or persons for their outstanding support of Catholic education

Ways to Assist the Work of the Foundation:

·        Did you know donations to Marinette Catholic Central High School Foundation may be deducted as an itemized charitable contribution?

·        That you can donate your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA or retirement plan

·        Donations of stocks and bonds

·        Arrangements for planned giving involving:  donations of  life insurance policies, establishing interest-bearing trusts, bequests via estates/wills

·        Regular cash donations to the capital campaigns initiated by the Foundation

·        Donating time to serve on the various committees associated with the Foundation, volunteering to help with projects, etc.

·        “Pass the hat for your alma mater” at reunions and make a class contribution

·        Keeping the work of the Foundation in your daily prayers

·        If every graduate would send a modest check every year, it would really help financially support the foundation!

Officers and Directors

President:                     Mary Kay Selsor
Vice President:              Dale Lange
Secretary:                    Mary Girard
Treasurer:                    Howard Sorensen
Directors:

Phone Number:    715 / 735-6839
E-mail Address:    mkselsor@gmail.com