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Give to Routt Today
To give to Routt today please print out our Contribution Form (NEED FILE FROM DIANE) and mail it with your check or credit/debit card information to:
Development Office
Routt Catholic High School
500 East College Avenue
Jacksonville, IL 62650Phone: (217) 245-0934
Investing in Routt Catholic High School
Your gifts make a difference in the lives of our students. There are many ways to invest in the students of Routt. Gifts given for the Routt Annual Fund support our current students. Planned gifts and gifts given to the Routt Education Foundation are an investment in the future of Routt Catholic High School and our future students.
2007-08 Budget: $1.4 million
2007-08 tuition: $3,700
Education cost per student: $10,287Percentage of 2007-08 income sources per student:
33% Tuition ($474,000)
28% Routt Trust ($400,000)
14% Routt Education Foundation ($199,564)
10% Routt Annual Fund ($150,000)
8% Dreams Campaign ($120,000)
6% Other Sources ($91,100)Between donations to the Routt Annual Fund and the Routt Education Foundation, the school needs $350,000 to fulfill our commitment to our students. Your gift to the Routt Annual Fund will help us meet this goal.
Routt Annual Fund
Giving to the Routt Annual Fund has never been easier. Annual Fund investments can be made with cash, checks, credit card payments, or with gifts of stock. Donations can be made with one gift or with regularly scheduled payments. In fact, our monthly payment program using one’s credit/debit card is becoming very popular. This program is convenient and allows you to invest more by spreading your gifts out over a period of months.
Annual Giving Societies
Routt Family Society $5,000 or more
Board’s Society $2,500-$4,999
Principal’s Society $1,000-$2,499
Rocket Gold Club $500-$999
Rocket Silver Club $250-$499
Rocket Bronze Club $100-$249
Friend of Routt $1-$99
Matching Gifts -- Your gift could be matched dollar for dollar!
Matching gifts are not available to everyone; however, many companies offer matching gift programs to their employees that will double, even triple a donation's value. Employers set up matching gift programs as a way to make charitable contributions to organizations that are important to their employees. The benefit for you is:
- You receive donor credit.
- You direct your company’s philanthropic dollars to Routt Catholic High School.
- Your support of your alma mater is doubled.
To find out if your company will match your contribution to Routt or if you have questions about your company's matching gift program, please contact your personnel/human resources office.
Once you have determined that your company matches donations made to Routt, obtain the appropriate form from your personnel/human resources office and send it with a your gift to:
Development Office
Routt Catholic High School
500 East College Avenue
Jacksonville, IL 62650We will do the rest. The impact of your gift to Routt Catholic High School may be doubled or possibly tripled! Does your spouse also work for a company with a matching gift program? If so, your efforts to obtain a second corporate match will be greatly appreciated. Even if you are retired, don’t assume you cannot benefit as some companies also match gifts made by retirees. If you have any questions about obtaining matching gift benefits on your donations to Routt, please call the Development Office at (217) 245-0934.
Giving Gifts of Stock
Giving gifts of appreciated stock is an excellent way to make your donation to Routt Catholic High School and provide yourself with tax benefits. When you make a donation of stock that has appreciated in value, you do not have to declare capital gains on your taxes for that stock. You also get the benefit of a charitable gift deduction. The stock gift you give to Routt is valued at the average of the high and low prices on the day your broker transfers the stock to Routt, and that is the amount of the deduction you can claim.
When transferring stock, please contact the Development Office at Routt to get the information to contact our broker. If you have stock certificates, check with your broker about getting a medallion signature guarantee to secure the certificate during the transfer process.
If you decide to make a stock donation at the end of the calendar, the IRS stipulates different guidelines for determining the legal gift date depending on how the transfer was made. Therefore, start the process early so you know the transaction will be completed before December 31 and thereby eligible for a tax deduction for that year.
To contact the Development Office, call (217) 245-0934 or e-mail development@routtcatholic.com.
Making the gift of a lifetime
Without planned gifts, it is safe to say that Routt Catholic High School would not be here today. The Routt Family had a vision during their lifetime of providing Catholic education in Jacksonville, and it was this vision that led to their planned gifts securing Routt’s future. Others in recent years have followed in their footsteps—Mary Ursula Ryan and Dorothy Hodgson are just two examples. Their love for Routt led them to make substantial gifts through their estates. In doing so, their names will be forever associated with our beloved school’s found family
Most people aren’t in the position to make a substantial gift of assets during their lifetime. However, making a gift to Routt Catholic High School through your will could be your opportunity to make your gift of a lifetime. Also, it is easy to invest in the future success of Rout in your will. You can do this by stating that a specific amount will be paid to Routt Catholic High School, you can designate that Routt will receive a percentage of your estate, or you can specify that Routt will receive the remainder of the estate after other designations have been paid.
One of the greatest benefits of planning your estate is that it allows you to reduce the tax liability on your beneficiaries. It also gives you control over your assets, allowing you to provide for your family as well as providing for your favorite charity or charities. Because the special circumstances of the various planned giving opportunities and the complexities of the laws governing them, please check with a lawyer or financial advisor before planning your estate. But don’t avoid the process; this is the only way to assure your assets provide the most benefit to your family and, hopefully, to Routt Catholic High School as well.
1902 Legacy Circle
If you provide for Routt through your estate, you can receive recognition for your support now by becoming a member of our 1902 Legacy Circle. Simply notify the Development Office of your intentions and we will mail you a membership form to complete. This will allow the school to express our deep appreciation during your lifetime for your loyalty and support. Members will be presented a certificate as well as being recognized each year in the Annual Report. (If you don’t wish to be included in the list, please let us know that you wish your intentions to remain anonymous.) In addition to estate gifts, other types of planned gift instruments, such as trusts, annuities, and insurance policies, qualify for membership in the 1902 Legacy Circle.
Scholarships
Routt Catholic High School has been the benefactor of generous donations, primarily from individual estates or memorial gifts from family and friends, to establish endowed accounts with the Routt Education Foundation to provide tuition support for our students. The Routt Education Foundation invests these gifts and the interest is returned to the school to provide tuition assistance to our students and their families. Some of the accounts provide general tuition assistance to families who qualify. Besides these need-based scholarships, several of the accounts provide merit or essay-based scholarships that are awarded annually. Click here for a list of scholarships that have been established. (link to page from parents and students/scholarships)
Honor / Memorial Gifts
Gifts to remember or honor a relative or friend are a wonderful way to support Routt Catholic High School. Acknowledgment will be made to the person being honored or to the family of the deceased.
PublicationsThe Routt Newsletter
2010 Winter-Spring Newsletter
2009 Spring-Summer Newsletter
2007-2008 Fall-Winter Newsletter
2007 Summer Newsletter
Annual Reports
2009-2010 Annual Report
2006-2007 Annual Report
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Col. James Hankins '73 (right) and Staff Sgt. Nick Gilmore '99
Both Routt graduates were stationed in Iraq and they
ran into each other during a flying mission.
Please help us recognize those alumni who have served in the military.
Email us if you are an alumni veteran or know an alumni veteran.Betty (Spitzer) Williams '40
Betty served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1944-1945.Vincent Maloney '43
Army WW II infantry. Served in the South PacificDr. Paul Doolin '44
Served in the United States Naval Reserve. From 1944-1946
he was stationed in the South Pacific on a ship.David Rawlings '44
David served in the Army 30 years before his retirement.
He served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.Robert Jackson '49
Robert served in the US Army and served in Korea.Virgil Frederick '53
Virgil joined the U.S. Navy in August of 1954. Retired November
1975 as Chief Warrant Officer.Lewis Roesch '53
Lewis served in the Korean War from 1955-1956.Richard (Dick) Lewis '55
Dick served over 26 years in the United States Air Force.
He was also stationed in Vietnam in 1968.Richard "Dick" Woodson '56
Richard was killed in service in Vietnam.Jim Connolly '60
George E. Eck '66
Tom Murgatroyd '66
Colonel, USAF, Scott AFB Illinois. Tom had various assignments
from 1970 in Illinois, Florida, Germany, Denmark, Poland, and
Antartica.James Proffitt '66
James served in the Navy during Vietnam. He finished his
military career at the rank of lieutenant.James R. Duncan '67
James served in the Army in Vietnam.Mike Sheehan '67
Mike served in the Air Force.John R. Doyle '68
In November 1972 Michael entered the Navy and served
until March 1993. His rank at retirement was Commander,
Supply Corps. While on active duty, he completed a Masters
in Public Administration at Penn State.Michael Willen '68
heavy artillery in VietnamDick Beard '70
Dick served in the ArmyPatrick Sheehan '70
Pat served in the ArmyJim Hankins '73
COL Jim Hankins enlisted in the army in 1974 and was commissioned
an officer in 1979 after attending the United States Military Academy
and graduating from Western Illinois University ROTC. He has been
stationed in numerous locations that include Germany, Ft. Bliss, TX,
Ft. Knox, KY, Honduras, Kuwait, Iraq and Poland. Some of his recent
assignments have included being a military observer in Iraq/Kuwait
for the United Nations Observation Mission during the first gulf war
and Chief of the Military Liaison Team in Warsaw, Poland. He is a
graduate of the US Army War College and hold the rank of Colonel.
Jim is presently assigned as the deputy, Joint Force Headquarters
Advisory Support Team in Baghdad, Iraq.Bernie Huot '76
Bernie served in the NavyTom Huot '78
Tom served in the Coast GuardEric Huot '80
Eric served in the NavyBrian Huot '81
Brian served in the NavyMichael Larkin '83
Michael is serving in the U.S. Marines. As of this past summer he
has been serving for 21 years. He is currently stationed in
San Diego, California.Jim Watson '83
Jim served in Operation Desert Storm in the Marine Corp before
beginning his current career in public office.Chris Santiago Foos '84
She is currently stationed in Djibouti, Africa, which is an African nation
surrounded by Somalia and Ethiopia. She is in the US Marine Corps as a
Chief Warrant Officer.Monte Wood '84
Served in the GuardChuck Kitson '85
Chuck is currently serving with the Illinois Army National Guard as a
Captain and Commander of the 126th Maintenance Company in Quincy, IL.
Chuck's 19 years of service include activations for Operation Desert
Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.Jeff Doolin '86
Dave Langdon '87
Dave serves in the GuardGuy Bergschneider '88
Guy serves in the GuardGary Bettis '88
Gary served in the NavyCarrie (Baptist) Perry '94
Carrie served active duty in the U.S. Air Force from 1996-2001,
stationed in Guam and served two tours in Kuwait for Operation
Southern Watch after the Gulf war.Lanny Finn '96
Lanny is a 1st Lieutenant with the Illinois National Guard. He is currently in
Baghdad, Iraq and is scheduled to return in late December 2005.Michael Chalcraft '98
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Chalcraft
was recently stationed in Qatar.Patrick Jockisch '98
Patrick is currently a Military Intelligence Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army,
stationed at Camp Zama, Japan. During his 7 years in the Army, he has
deployed to Bosnia and Iraq both with the 3rd Infantry Division.Nicholas Gilmore '99
Nicholas is currently serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, in Balad, Iraq
with ILARNG 1-106th Aviation Battalion.Jacob English '00
Lucas Jockisch '00
Lucas is currently in the Illinois National Guard stationed in Springfield. He is
a Military Policeman. During his time in the Guard, he has been to Nicaragua
and Iraq.Friends
Floyd Hepworth
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Contact the Development Office via email at: development@routtcatholic.com
Diane Seufert, Director of Development
Routt Catholic High School
500 East College Avenue
Jacksonville, IL 62650
Office: (217) 245-0934
Fax: (217) 243-7497Office hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Routt Catholic High School
500 East College Avenue
Jacksonville, IL 62650
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Development Office— Phone: (217) 245-0934 Email: development@routtcatholic.com
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