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Thank you to our
GENEROUS SPONSORS!
North Star Sponsor
Chang Park
Rising Sun Sponsor
Jim Colica
Shining Star Sponsors
Anonymous
Jim and Judy Bailey
Sheila Clancy
Barbara and Brad Evans
Don Grasso
Heffernan Family Foundation
Susan and Tim Jensen
Heather and John Kreitler
Barbara and Ed McLaughlin
Lighthouse Sponsor
Jody and John Myers
Full Moon Sponsors
Carrie and Jamie Heffernan
Erin and Bill Russell
Marylou and Mike Salvati
Beacon Sponsors
Anonymous
Dennis Boyd
Catholic Cemeteries
Tony Fox
Kara and Mike Garland
Sarita and Greg Hanley
Courtney and Brian O'Connor
Kathy and Brian O'Hare
Bridget and Doyle Queally
Kathleen and Mike Sweeney
OUR HONOREES
Jim Colica and the late Kathy Hanson
We are incredibly grateful to be honoring Jim Colica and his late beloved Kathy Hanson. Jim and Kathy have been beacons of hope and guiding lights for our Academy and the previous Angels scholarship fund since 2007. Their philanthropy has been all-encompassing. In addition to their great generosity, they have demonstrated a deep devotion and personal interest in our students, including the more than 30 CAB Rising Stars students they have sponsored through the years. Their visions have lit the way for our school's growth and continued success by establishing two highly successful after school programs. The Alegre Program introduces our CAB middle schoolers to the performing arts through a robust choir, dance, and theater curriculum, while Faith & Futures provides CAB's youngest students on our St. Raphael Academy campus with access to activities they would not otherwise have the opportunity to try, including soccer, cooking, and martial arts. Jim, a Fordham graduate and Army veteran, spent 27 years at GE Capital as a senior officer. He and Kathy have actively supported other charitable causes primarily in the areas of child and adolescent behavioral health and inner city social services. Jim has three children, six grandchildren, and a great grandson. He is a member of St. Mary Parish in Greenwich.
Proceeds support need-based scholarships at the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport.
We are grateful to our GALA PLANNING COMMITTEE for their leadership:
Jennifer and Peter Cieszko
Sheila Clancy
Sarita and Greg Hanley
Susan and Tim Jensen
Sarah and Alex Kurtz
Sr. Joan Magnetti, rscj
Jody and John Myers
Kathy and Brian O'Hare
Bridget and Doyle Queally
Lauren and Brian Queally
Callie and Tommy Ryan
Marylou and Mike Salvati
Lillian and Don Worthley
This year, the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport must raise over $3.3 million
to provide scholarships to the 96% of its nearly 900 inner-city students who qualify.
PRIVATE DONATIONS ALONE make this possible.
85% of Academy families live at or below the poverty level.
$39K is the mean family income for a student at CAB.
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