Special Events

Thank you to everyone who tuned into Saturday night's Igniting Our Mission Benefit program, heeded Liam Neeson's warning, and stuck with us till the end of the program and the final scroll of faculty names/photos and student testimonials. 

In gratitude for carrying forward the Prep's mission of leading  students in faith, scholarship and service we are pleased to announce that the event raised $415,000 to benefit faculty development, a new record in the 4-year history of our annual Igniting Our Mission fundraiser.  

Thank you to all of our Sponsors, Underwriters, Donors and Virtual "attendees" who made Igniting Our Mission an extraordinary success. Fundraising in a virtual environment is challenging but the Prep community showed its support: every Silent Auction item exceeded its goal amount, several Live Auction items went to multiple bidders, the Ram Raffle was a sell-out and record numbers of new and incoming parents joined and participated in the program. 

For those of you may wish to revisit some special highlights, you can view the entire program on the Prep's YouTube channel or jump past the PreShow and go right to the show's opening with Liam, followed by our Master of Ceremonies NBC 4 Lead Sports Anchor, Bruce Beck.

Thank you for your generosity and ongoing support of Fordham Prep. 

A record-breaking 541 attendees, event sponsors, underwriters, and journal advertisers helped make Saturday's Igniting Our Mission - A Celebration of Fordham Prep a successful benefit for the Prep's iSTEAM and tuition assistance programs. We would like to thank all the parents, alumni and friends who so generously supported our Party at the Prep.

Whether you toasted the Prep with our signature drink, the Full Steam Ahead,* took a spin with our flight simulators, spoke to our student demonstrators, were entertained by our enthusiastic auctioneer and emcee, Bruce Beck, or danced to the music of The Artie Stuart Band, we hope you enjoyed the celebration and had an opportunity to meet new and old friends.

The proceeds from the evening are being tabulated and will be shared in a future communication. In the meantime, here's the student-produced video, The JUG Club, a high point of the evening's program. We hope you also enjoy our photo gallery of highlights and we look forward to seeing you at upcoming events.

Thank you for making Igniting Our Mission - A Celebration of Fordham Prep a memorable evening of dining, dancing and fun at the Prep.

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* By popular request, the ingredients were:
2 oz Absolut Citron Vodka
.5 oz Blue Curacao (any Orange Curacao or Triple Sec will do if you don't want it to be Electric Blue!)
.75 oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
Topped with Sprite
 

During the last few weeks, the Prep has sent students to three continents on mission-focused service trips, conducted several Emmaus retreats, competed and advanced to the finals of the National History Bowl in Washington, DC and, in a sports "quadfecta", cheered on our basketball, hockey, indoor track & field, and swimming teams as they capped their winning seasons at city and state championship finals.

We acknowledged those achievements and heralded the groundbreaking of the Prep's East Wing Project at Igniting Our Mission - A Celebration of Fordham Prep. Thank you to the over 500 parents, alumni, faculty and  friends who attended and so generously supported the Party at the Prep.

Last Saturday night, with your help, we were able to raise $420,000, in addition to receiving two gifts totaling $100,000, in support of the Prep's East Wing Project.

Whether you joined us in person, were a sponsor, made a donation, participated in our community mass, purchased a Ram Raffle ticket, or simply kept us in your prayers, we are grateful for your generosity and contribution to our mission.

We would like to thank all our event sponsors, underwriters, journal advertisers, and every attendee who helped make this celebration such a success.

In the meantime, and at the request of many of our guests, we're happy to share the two short videos that were shown Saturday night.  The first, "Igniting Our Mission,"  was created and produced by juniors Connor Begley and Charlie O'Connor, under the direction of FPTV Club Moderators Chad Broussard and JP Feighery '03. 

"Igniting Our Mission" by FPTV

Fordham Prep - Our Mission

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