Gifts-in-Kind Provide Convenient Way To Help Williamson Meets Its Mission
Prestigious I. V. Club Welcomes 13 New Members
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Gifts-in-Kind Provide Convenient Way To Help Williamson Meets Its Mission
“ Gifts-in-kind are particularly important because they enable individuals, organizations, and corporations to contribute to the college in ways that relate to their personal or professional lives and see the impact their gift directly has on Williamson.”
By Marty Farrell, Grants and Research Intern
Most often, when we think of philanthropy, we envision writing a check or providing our credit card information. In many cases, however, gifts to institutions like Williamson College of the Trades are made in a more direct fashion.
This past summer, Williamson broke ground on the new Watson Dormitory. Shortly afterward, construction began with an enormous gift-in-kind made by Board Chairman William Bonenberger 7W9.
Bonenberger and his home building company, W. B. Homes, provided construction management for the construction of Watson Dormitory. This generous gift, valued at more than $ 200,000, provided a full-time superintendent and project manager for this extraordinary effort. Many of the subcontractors on the Watson Dormitory project were also motivated to make sizable contributions, including nearly $ 60,000 in concrete and rebar, the building’ s basement, and new walkways from North Concrete.
Gifts-in-kind are donations of direct goods or services needed, as opposed to traditional donations that provide money to purchase needed goods or services. As a private college which receives no government funding, Williamson College of the Trades relies heavily on private gifts and donations to cover its operating costs. While most of these donations come in the form of money directed towards specific or unrestricted needs, many come in the form of giftsin-kind. These gifts are particularly important because they enable individuals, organizations, and corporations to contribute to the college in ways that relate to their personal or professional lives and see the impact that their gift directly has on Williamson.
Since January 2016, Williamson has received more than 140 gifts-in-kind, providing substantial support for Williamson’ s mission. These gifts include, but are not limited to: shovels and sand for the Masonry Shop; metal stock and tools for the Machine Shop; drill presses, meters, and an oscilloscope for Power Plant; a confined space ventilating air system for the Paint Shop; tools, wood, and assorted household furniture for the Carpentry Shop. Labor / time and materials were also important this year in the screening, coating, and painting of the basketball gym floor in the Restall Sports Center.
In addition, the Student Clothes Closet benefits most consistently from gifts-in-kind. As part of Williamson’ s mission to prepare qualified young
Prestigious I. V. Club Welcomes 13 New Members
Thirteen members of the Class of 1W7 were inducted into the prestigious I. V. Club on March 28 in a ceremony in the Clara Schrenk Memorial Chapel.
The inductees are: Aaron Berard, construction technology-carpentry; Blake Dunston, power plant technology; Jeff Handley, construction technologycarpentry; Joshua Hauser, power plant technology; Thomas Heffner, power plant technology; Dominic Marascio, power plant technology; Ryan Martin, machine tool technology; Jesse Martinez, paint and coatings technology; Brian McAlinney, machine tool technology; Sean McCloskey, power plant
The new I. V. Club inductees are( from left to right): Jeff Handley, Ryan Martin, Joshua Hauser, Jesse Martinez, Blake Dunston, Brian McAlinney, Thomas Heffner, Ronald Vann, Kyle Walsh, Sean McCloskey, Aaron Berard, Dominic Marascio, and Robert Sandlin.
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technology; Robert Sandlin, construction technology-masonry; Ronald Vann, construction technology-masonry; and Kyle Walsh, construction technology-carpentry.
A large number of I. V. Club members were on hand to participate in the induction ceremony and to watch the numbers of their prestigious club grow, along with families of the inductees, trustees, faculty and staff, and alumni.
The inductees and the club members entered the chapel in a processional and then Chaplain Mark Specht 7W7 opened the evening with an invocation.
Samuel Wrightson, vice president of education, welcomed the audience saying“ This is a solemn occasion as we induct 13 new members into the prestigious I. V. Club. This is not an awards ceremony; we’ re here to induct these young men into a distinguished membership. This group of men demonstrate the quality of leadership in exemplifying Williamson’ s core values.”
He said they will pledge to protect the Deed of Trust. He also asked for a moment of silence in memory of the late Michael Forest 0W8, an I. V. Club member who passed away in November.
men to be respected leaders and productive members of society, students are required to follow a dress code of shirt, slacks, tie, and blazer in order to prepare them for leadership roles in the professional world. At Williamson, the Student Clothes Closet ensures all students have access to professional clothing and classroom dress. Since 2016, the Student Clothes Closet has received gifts-in-kind from 122 donors. Often, items that individuals or organizations can no longer use, but are still of impeccable condition, can be the perfect fit for a gift-in-kind. These donations of high quality shirts, ties, blazers, suits and professional clothing accessories directly serve an important need and support the college’ s mission.
All of these diverse donations have filled a distinct need and improved the quality of education for Williamson students. Gifts-in-kind have enabled Williamson to continue to provide an exceptional hands-on education for students in all shops in a unique way.
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Next, club member Samuel Oropeza 0W6, read“ The Man in the Glass,” a poem about personal integrity; Corey Jackson 0W3 spoke on“ The Past”; William Davis 1W5 then spoke on“ The Present”; and President Michael Rounds spoke on“ The Charge for the Future.”
Rounds said,“ I. V. Club members will ensure that Williamson is still strong into the future. They are charged with protecting the Deed of Trust. Mr. Williamson wanted men across time to protect his school so that it never fades. These are the men that are going to do that.”
Then, Jared Pendleton 1W6 lead the induction ceremony. While holding a copy of Isaiah Williamson’ s Deed of Trust, each inductee had a club pin fastened to his jacket by a club member.
The ceremony closed with the singing of the alma mater led by current and past members of the Artisans and then Specht gave the benediction and everyone went to the dining room to enjoy a buffet dinner prepared by Tim Burbage, director of food services, and his staff, with students acting as servers.