WE DID IT!!!

We have reached our second goal of $400,000 (since January 2006) thanks to the generous support of our alumni, our parishioners past and present,  Modell's Sporting Goods, David Dodge, and many local and regional businesses, children from neighboring schools, friends and family of our school children, and many generous supporters hoping to make Tommy's unselfish wish come true.  We now have enough to keep the school open for the 2007-2008 school year, (Tommy's graduation year).  Now comes the hard part.  We hope to continue this effort  with an ongoing campaign to keep the school open for many years to come.  Hopefully we will see many future generations of Saint Cyril graduates.  We would like to thank The Delaware County Daily Times and all the other newspapers and television stations that covered the story and helped get the word out.  Lastly we thank Tommy Geromichalos who's letter put into words what many children in the school felt. His wish helped galvanize the community and  helped us to believe.

Click here to read Tommy's wish and the news article that helped get things started.
Click here to see the history of the SOS effort with links to news articles.

From our Pastor Fr. Edward T. Kearns - May 10, 2007

To all of you who made Tommy's wish a reality:
Jim Gray last night at the Home and School announced that you have raised over $415,000 since last January. That is incredible! On behalf of the parishioners, I thank you for all you have done and are doing to keep the dream alive.  As Jim said, "We raised enough for this school year, for next school year and we're into our third year."  This time last year it was hard to believe that this could happen. It happened because of you and so many others who decided to strive for the impossible. This goal has been reached because you and countless women, men, girls, and boys were determined to believe.
May God continue to bless you and those whom you love.

Gratefully,
Father Edward T. Kearns

The following are our planned fundraisers for the upcoming school year.

The following are our planned fundraisers for the upcoming school year.

School Calendar November

CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL Saturday, December 2nd

Annual Appeal January
Basketball Game   -   January 26   Trip to St. Joseph's Field House    University of Dayton vs.  St. Joseph's
OutBack SteakHouse  To Be Announced
Car Raffle February (Drawing - June)
Basketball Game  CYO & Home and School Parents February
Pizza Sale March
St. Patrick's Bingo Friday, March 14th
Dance-A-Thon Friday, April 11th
Car Wash (Spring)
Texas Hold'em May
3 or 5K Walk or Run May

Home & School Events

Walk-A-Thon Friday, October 12th
Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 8th

As you can see some dates all ready set while others are still tentative. If you have any additional ideas please let me know. We seem to have something going on each month.

Thanks, Jim  jeg19026@mail.com 

MODELL’S & THE PHILLIES TEAMED-UP FOR AN AUCTION TO BENEFIT ST. CYRIL "SAVE OUR SCHOOL" FUNDRAISING EFFORT

Photo from Delaware County Daily Times April 3, 2007

Phillies bullpen coach Ramon Henderson returns the ball to David Wolfson, who threw out the first pitch of the season opener.  David's father, local developer Steve Wolfson submitted the winning bid of $5,000 and threw in an additional $5,000 donation.  They also won 4 seats in the first row behind home plate with Tommy G, along with food and VIP parking.

Click here to read the News of Delaware County coverage.

The eBay auction is over.  The winning bid was $5,000 and an additional $5,000 donation was thrown in, with the proceeds going to St. Cyril Save Our School Fund.  Thank you to Mitchell Modell, Modell's Sporting Goods, Steve Wolfson, and the Phillies for their generous assistance.  

To further support the effort, Modell's sold exclusive "Tommy G, I Believe" t-shirts with 100% of proceeds going towards keeping Saint Cyril of Alexandria school open.

Click here for KYW3 coverage of the auction and tee shirt sales
Click here for info plus a little history of Tommy's SOS effort from KYW3

From the Daily Times 03-23-2007

Carnival Help Needed

It is that time of year again! Why not join in on the fun and sign up to help at our annual carnival.  The dates this year are Wednesday through Saturday - June 13, 14, 15 & 16.  Please send your Name, Phone #, Dates Available, and what you would like to work (Games, Food, or Casino) to the School Office or the Rectory Office.

ST. CYRIL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Formerly the "Save St. Cyril School Committee" has a new name but the goal is the same – to keep our parish school open. 
We have a long list below.  Please pick one and help out if you can.  We need to keep our momentum to reach our goal.

SOS / DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE NEWS

ST. CYRIL ALL-CLASS REUNION

We would like to thank all who were involved in the planning of the all-class reunion.  The St. Cyril School Development Committee continues to devote so much time and energy to the efforts of helping to keep our parish school running. The contributions made by everyone is so very much appreciated. May God continue to bless all of us with His guidance.

Our Alumni committee held a reunion to benefit the Save our School Fund. The reunion was Saturday, March 31st from 7:00 until 11:00pm. We began the evening with Mass at 5:00pm followed with a school tour.  We had another great turnout, chanced off loads of fabulous prizes, and had the drawing for the Super 50-50.  Congressman Joe Sestak attended and it was covered by news from the local TV stations.

  Click here for photos from the Reunion

DANCE-A-THON

The Dance-a-thon was held this year on March 30th in the Social Hall.  This years Dance-A-Thon raised $8,800.  Thank you to everyone who generously donated.

Saint Cyril's Alumni Committee

Donations are still coming in from our first annual Alumni Fund Raising Drive.  If you are an alumnus of friend of the school and have not received a mailing from the Alumni Committee and would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events, please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:

St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050

Donation can also be sent to this address
Click here to see our progress

The following is a letter from our current principal for the first annual alumni appeal:

Saint Cyril's Alumni Committee

Any Alumni or friend of the Parish who would like to be added to our mailing list for notice of future events please contact Jim Gray at jeg19026@mail.com or send your name, address and year of graduation or other affiliation to:

St. Cyril Alumni Committee
P.O. Box 1094
Lansdowne, PA 19050

"THE CYRIL CONNECTION"

The 7th & 8th grade students, with the help of 8th grade teacher Jeanne Cashwell, have written their own newsletter for the school.
Click here to read the November 2006 edition of "The Cyril Connection"
A new edition will be out this month

We are gearing up now for another busy year of fund raising.  We are still planning fund raisers for this school year, and thinking of ways to help insure the school's future  Donation to the SOS Fund will still be gratefully accepted at this time, and can be sent to:

CBS National News featured Tommy's Wish on its Assignment America segment on Friday, April 28, 2006.  You can see the video on the CBS News website. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/28/assignment_america/main1560919.shtml

Click here to see our progress
Click here to see CBS3 video of Tommy's wish and the fund raising efforts