A few weeks back I wrote about a donor to our school who has some lofty ambitions to reach the inner city schools with a classical and Christian education. His dream goes beyond what he can act on right now and even further than our school has forecast in its strategic plan. However, the idea stimulates our thinking to go beyond what we usually think of and it is an opportunity to lay before the Lord some plans that only He can make happen.
We fundraisers should dream, too. Many times it is about a new facility which implies a capital campaign. What if we set our financial sights a little lower and conceived of a new program or two that would substantially change our offering and strengthen the overall education?
Some of these ideas are contained in the school's Strategic, or Long Range, Plans. For example, we have some specific ideas of expanding our music and orchestral program. We can see the day when our athletics program is broader. Our Strategic Plan envisions the day when we can launch an NILD program to help students with mild learning disabilities.
When the rest of the school is occupied with the daily task of training the young minds, we stewardship folks can be projecting a year or two or three into the future and talking to people about projects that create a step change in the school's overall education.
Think about these and when someone asks, "What's new?", you'll have a great story to tell that might just capture someone's imagination.
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