Glenwood is a boarding school were the kids live on campus. When you figure the cost of room, board and supervision in addition to the normal "education costs", such as staff, facility and so forth 24 grand a year per student isn't our of line.
I read a article on the cost of private education in Scotland (where boarding school is popular), for juniors the average cost is 18,000/year and seniors the average is 22,000/yr.
The bulk of the funds come from individual and corporate donations as well as income from trust.
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Here's some publicized examples of their funding
"The idea of structure, discipline, order and commitment -- yes, I believe in those values," says George Spindler, board chairman and a senior vice president at Amoco Corp. Board members also like the fact that Glenwood claims a low annual cost of $23,000 to care for a boy, compared with $34,000 at Maryville and $50,000 at Mercy Home. (Maryville and Mercy, in contrast to Glenwood, tend to youngsters full time and take a more therapeutic approach. The cost for a child under residential care with DCFS is $76,000, a figure that Deputy Director Jerry Slomka ties to medical, psychiatric and staff costs.)
Glenwood's primary financial asset is an endowment that has swelled to $35 million in unencumbered dollars, four times that of, say, the private Francis W. Parker School in Lincoln Park. (Maryville's only endowment is "a lot of prayers," cracks Rev. John Smyth, its longtime executive director.) Interest from the endowment furnishes the bulk of Glenwood's $6.8 million annual budget. But board members are also compelled to contribute their own money and to raise funds from among friends and associates. In May an Olympic Day, sponsored by Rogers & Hollands jewelers and drawing sports celebrities such as former Bull John Paxson and Bears coach Dave Wannstedt, nets nearly $100,000, with an August pro-am golf tournament realizing a tad more. Relying on an $11 million bond issue, Glenwood opened its west campus on 400 acres of St. Charles farmland in 1994 to accommodate boys from Aurora and the western suburbs. And a new $14 million capital drive is under way.
Seem like overkill for the benefit of just 240 charges between the two campuses? "The numbers assisted aren't huge," says Robert Darnell, chairman of Inland Steel Industries and a past board chairman. "And maybe you can't justify Glenwood in economic terms. But you justify it in the outcome for the young men you serve." Irwin prefers to stress that Glenwood has launched 16,000 boys in its history, which he considers a healthy return on investment. Although no more than 10 boys a year make it to graduation, he says that 75 percent of graduates in the last nine years have gone to college.
Board loyalty to Glenwood sometimes stems from the bonds that develop between the boys and their trustees. Spindler, for instance, secured an Amoco internship for one Glenwood boy and is helping another through Eastern Illinois University. Norman Wesley, president of ACCO World Corp., a maker of office products, has taken a Glenwood alumnus who's a student at the University of Wisconsin under his roof in Lake Forest.
"His mom's on welfare, and he isn't comfortable going home," says Wesley. "We haven't adopted him or anything, but we've hired him at ACCO during the summer, and when he's not in college, he comes and goes at our house. My kids think he's wonderful."
Billy Grabowski, a sophomore at Bloom Township, first met Craig Stern, president of Rogers & Hollands, at Olympic Day last May. In November, Grabowski attended a luncheon that Glenwood throws before Thanksgiving to acquaint its supporters with the school and its boys. The boys, dressed smartly in uniform, sit at tables with the other guests, many from corporations, and talk up the Glenwood experience. This year Grabowski encountered Stern a second time. "Mr. Stern said that if I did great in school he'd be a sponsor in college," says Grabowski, still delighted at the opportunity and the budding relationship.
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Glenwood gives the world an occasional standout. When David Hill entered Glenwood in 1939, "I was a kid who couldn't get along with anybody," he says. But he found his calling in the print shop and emerged from 8th grade to take a job with the old Herald-American newspaper. Eventually Hill graduated from the University of Illinois, founded an ambulance service and now heads Suburban Bank and Trust in Elmhurst as chairman and CEO.
"Glenwood was a watershed for me, for without it I would be in a totally different life," says Hill, now 70. He sits on the west-campus board and has endowed a cottage there.
High-flying professional men, however, are an anomaly among graduates. "By and large alumni aren't doctors, lawyers or anything of that type," says house parent Cheryl Maynard. "Success is usually when a young man is able to stay away from gangs and drugs and get through college. That's remarkable." The Glenwood alumni association is filled with carpenters, real estate agents, electricians and military men, according to coordinator Joe Hack.
"We're average Joes," says Hack, a 38-year-old painting contractor. "I was at Glenwood through junior high and high school. As a student you wonder, 'Did I do something wrong to be here?' And it was so confining." But Hack is now devoted to the place, contributing his labors to renovating the gym and returning on the school's Flag Day each June, along with 20 other alumni, to observe the ceremonies.
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May 14, 1999, Friday, F3,F1
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HEADLINE: Ex-major league pitcher, wife give school $1 million
BYLINE: Alicia Fabbre Daily Herald Staff Writer
BODY: Bob and Carol Miller had never heard of the Glenwood School for Boys until a few months ago.
But once the St. Charles couple found out about the school, they couldn't wait to help out.
This week school officials recognized the couple at a breakfast for their $ 1 million donation. The money will be used to pay off the school's new field house, which opened last fall.
The field house, which will be named after the Millers, includes a full-size gym, weight room, nurse's station, offices and a snack shop for students.
Bob Miller, who pitched in the major leagues for Detroit, Cincinnati and the New York Mets from 1953 to 1962, said he first visited the school after hearing about it from a friend.
Miller and his wife had been looking for a way to give back to the community, and after he visited the school he knew just what to do, Miller said.
He wanted to help the school in its mission to give young boys a chance to succeed. And after a few visits to the St. Charles campus and meetings with the school's board of directors, the former pitcher donated $ 1 million to the school.
"This has been a very heartwarming experience for both of us," said Miller, who has lived in St. Charles since 1990. "It's one of the best decisions we've ever made."
Students at Wednesday's breakfast gave the Millers a box full of thank-you notes for their donation. In their notes, students thanked them for everything from the field house's big gym to the snack shop.
"It's very honorable that they have chosen Glenwood," said Jo Ann Endorf, director of development. "We feel very privileged to have this opportunity to have them select us."
The Millers said they plan to stay involved with the school. Carol is a member of a volunteer group at the school and Bob has gotten some of his sports pals - including former White Sox and Bears players - to promise to visit the school.
"Life has been good to both of us," said Bob Miller. "And we just feel we're giving back. ... We're putting something back in the barrel."
Glenwood School for Boys is at 41W400 Silver Glen Road. The school helps parents get their young boys away from the violence in their neighborhood or into a stable home.
The school, which houses 60 boys, will host a game day and family picnic on Thursday. The picnic, which also is a school fund-raiser, is open to the public from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
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November 19, 1999, Friday, F3
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HEADLINE: Haircut fund-raiser to benefit millennium party
BYLINE: Alicia Fabbre Daily Herald Staff Writer
BODY: Avenue Two barbers are putting their skills to work Monday for St. Charles' millennium celebration.
Armed with scissors and customers, the barbers plan to use their talents to raise money for the New Year's Eve celebration.
The shop holds a cut-a-thon each year to benefit a local cause. In the past, the cut-a-thon has raised between $ 1,000 and $ 1,500 to help organizations such as the St. Charles High School band and the Glenwood School for Boys.
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HEADLINE: Sale donations pile up, but more items needed
BYLINE: Kathryn Grondin's good news
BODY: Items are piling up for Glenwood School for Boys' annual rummage sale, but organizers are hoping for more.
So far the St. Charles school has couches, some toys and baby items for the fund-raiser that will be held June 18 and 19.
"I'm overwhelmed," event organizer Lynn Mingl said of donations so far.
Furniture, appliances, housewares, sporting goods, toys, games, craft supplies and tools still would be appreciated, she said. Pick-ups can be scheduled if necessary. Receipts for tax deductions are available.
The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 18 and 9 a.m. to noon June 19 at the St. Charles campus, 41W400 Silver Glen Road.
Proceeds will help pay for extra games, books and special activities.
"The money pays for the little extra things that go on around here," Mingl said.
The residential school aims to help keep boys from Kane and DeKalb counties, and some as far as Chicago, from getting into trouble.
Organizers hope to raise at least $ 1,000.
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January 26, 1999, Tuesday, Tricities
Helping Glenwood: Glenwood School for Boys is getting a helping hand from Microplastics Inc.
The St. Charles company recently donated $ 20,000 to the school to help pay for education costs. The St. Charles school provides education and housing for at-risk boys.
"We are happy to support the efforts that Glenwood provides to youth," said Jim Dilbeck, president of Microplastics. "The beauty of Glenwood is that these good boys are given an opportunity to develop their potential and self-esteem at an early age before they are victimized or recruited by the gangs that often control their neighborhoods."
The school provides financial assistance to help families pay for the $ 23,000 cost of housing and educating each child. Microplastics' donation will help used to provide financial assistance to some families. |
