Villa di Maria Capital Campaign Kickoff

This past weekend the people of Villa di Maria marked our 50th Anniversary with a wonderful kickoff party at 612 Kitchen & Cocktails in Kirkwood. The turnout was tremendous; despite frigid cold weather, the atmosphere inside was warm and festive!It was lovely to talk, laugh, and catch up with the Villa community post-holidays, and a perfect reminder to be grateful for the amazing people who make up this place. There were introductions and speeches to commemorate the milestones Villa di Maria has achieved, as well as the brilliant future we strive towards.The future, which includes necessary campus growth to support our expanding population of children, is upon us! We have witnessed the growth firsthand as we drop off our children every morning and note the (amazing) daily progress of the new Elementary Building, which broke ground just before the children arrived for the 2016-2017 school year.In order to begin the next phase, which will include the necessary administrative building and gymnasium, Villa di Maria has set a goal for the Capital Campaign at $1,500,000, which, supplemented by tuition from Villa and Camp Pegnita, will provide us the help needed to complete construction in time for the 2021 school year. Read the entire case statement here, and be sure to donate by going here. So far, we have already raised $102,020 since January 7th of this year, which is amazing! But we still have a long way to go, so be sure to give what you can, and to spread the word so that we can continue providing high-quality AMI-certified Montessori to the St. Louis community.A special thanks to Maria Burr and Michaela Herbst, who pulled together the event so seamlessly! It was a wonderful success!And be sure to watch the beautiful video by our own Tim Gebauer about the Capital Campaign here.