I just mailed the last check to the College to close off this year's fund raising effort on our part for the Bruce Gevertz Memorial Scholarship Fund.  Through the Club we raised $470, but including checks written directly to the College by our Club members we contributed a total of $7000 to the Gevertz Fund this year. 

Based on the last status report that I got from the College, our Club's contributions comprise 20% of the cash in the Fund.  We should be very proud of this.  Bruce's mom and widow are very appreciative of our efforts.


Here is the text of the letter that I sent to the Office of Annual Giving
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Middlebury Alumni Lacrosse Club
55 James Street
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY  10706

June 7, 2001

Ms. Ruth L. Henry
Office of Annual Giving
Meeker House
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT  05753

Dear Ms. Henry:

The Middlebury Alumni Lacrosse Club would like to contribute the enclosed $470 to the Bruce Gevertz Memorial Scholarship Fund.  This check represents donations that several members of the Middlebury Alumni Lacrosse Club made directly to the Club to be contributed to the Gevertz Fund. 

In past years, members of our Club sent in donations to the Gevertz Fund through our Club.  This year, Brandon Doyle recommended that the Club members write checks directly to the College and that I could collect them, record the donation in our Club records and then forward the checks to the College.  This way, the contributor could claim a tax deduction and also get direct credit from the College for their donation.  Clearly, this was a brilliant plan.  Two years ago the Club contributed $550.  Last year, we contributed $1700, but this year, combining donations written directly to the College and the enclosed check, we have raised $7000 for the Gevertz Fund.  We are very proud of this accomplishment. 

The following Club members have contributed to the Gevertz Fund during 2001:
Beams '66
Burchard '80
Chafee '85
Chorske '90
Clark '82   
Patty '90
Coash '82   
Dayton '87   
Dobek '78

Donahue ‘91   
Doyle '98   
Fellows '86   
Fritz '00   
Giarrusso '83   
Graham '76   
Grube '79-90   
Harris '77   
Heffernan '82   
Heffernan '78
Marlow ‘57

McClennan '88
McCulloch '90
McKee '91
Nestler '80
Peters  '86
Peterson '86
Plank '78
Quinn '86
Scheufele '80
Seymour '88
Sideli '77
Storrs '81
Trase '81
Westling '88
Wheeler '78
Whitman '97

Willett ‘90

Our Club is very eager to see that the Gevertz Fund becomes an endowed fund and I fully expect that next year, we will exceed this year's amount.

Sincerely,


Robert V. Sideli
General Manager
Middlebury Alumni Lacrosse Club