Class Project

                                             

Dear Classmates,
Season’s Greetings to you and yours. We hope that you had a great Thanksgiving and are settling
into the Holiday Season.
As we close out 2024 and look toward the new year, we are sure that you are generously considering
many worthy causes and opportunities. Many of you have already generously contributed to and
pledged future support of the CAPT Michael A. Healy Award which we intend to endow with
$780,000 at the 50th anniversary of our graduation in 2028. The Healy Award will endeavor to
support either “one-off” projects or integrated programming to strengthen cadet exposure to three
areas of focus:
          a) Character – moral excellence and firmness
          b) Resilience - emphasis on skills needed to adapt, thrive and succeed in the Service and society.
          c) Innovation - introduction of something new; a new idea, method or device.
                         As of today, the Class of 78 has raised over $276,570 towards our goal!
                                             We are over 35% of the way to our goal!!

If you have already made a pledge, Thank You very much for your support and generosity!
If you haven’t taken the opportunity to make a pledge, will you please consider doing so now before
the end of 2024? Beginning your pledge in 2024 gives you five years to complete your pledge
and reduces the annual payment needed to achieve your overall pledge!
Our primary goal is full class participation. Every contribution matters, no matter the amount.
Your involvement and contribution will help the Great Class of 78 to leave a legacy of cadet training
and development for the next 50 years. Let’s all give what we can to achieve something great
together.

Designate Your Gift. Please designate your pledge and contributions to the “50 Year Reunion
Project“ within the Class of 1978 Endowment Fund.
(Note: contributing to the Class Gift Fund does not help to build the Endowment Fund.)
Please mail or email your pledge form to Susan Kenyon skenyon@cgaalumni.org or make your
pledge/gift online www.cgaalumni.orrg/1978gift

With Best Wishes for the Holidays and a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2025,
Iain Anderson, Bruce Black, Chris Bond, Manson Brown, Pepe Castillo, Bryon Ing,
Mike Lucia, Mike Vincenty, Kerry Watterson, and Brooke Winter

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October 10, 2024

Hello Classmates,

We are pleased to report that last night our Class held our first zoom Town Hall Meeting to formally introduce the Class of 1978 CAPT Michael A. Healy Award that our Class will fund as our 50th Anniversary gift to the Academy in 2028. By 2028, we hope to have raised at least $780,000, a goal that we are already over 25% of the way to achieving!  
 
Manson Brown moderated the discussion of how your Gift Committee worked hard for over a year to develop this gift concept to be sufficiently detailed to achieve our Class goals while also allowing flexibility to respond as future priorities change. Bryon Ing then explained and demonstrated how each classmate can sign on to cgaalumni.org/1978Gift to make a gift in support of this important Class of 78 legacy.
 
In total, we had almost 40 classmates sign into last night's Town Hall Meeting. We had a great discussion for nearly an hour and many of you provided valuable feedback and insight as guidance for how our Class should move forward with this important initiative.  
 
I'm sure that many more wanted to make it but couldn't for various reasons. If you weren't able to attend and want to learn more about the Class of 1978 Captain Michael A. Healy Award, a Zoom recording of the meeting is available for your viewing pleasure. Also, a copy of the Powerpoint presentation can be downloaded for review.
 
If you would like to have another Town Hall Meeting because you have additional questions or concerns that were not addressed in our first meeting, please email Chris Bond. If we have enough interest, we will do a second Town Hall to accomodate those who were not able to join Wednesday's meeting.
 
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to call or email any of the Gift Committee Members. Each one of us is available and willing to help you understand and hopefully support this important legacy project that we will celebrate together in four short years!
 
Go 78!
 
Respectfully, Your Class Gift Committee,
Iain Anderson, Bruce Black, Chris Bond, Manson Brown, Pepe Castillo, Bryon Ing, Mike Lucia, Mike Vincenty, Kerry Watterson and Brooke Winter