Generations that have gone before us built and gave us the opportunity to be blessed by St. Mary's school and our St. Patrick's parish. I am so edified by your willing faith response to secure and continue to build up the legacy entrusted to us for our sons and daughters and the generation: that follow.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO ADDRESS VITAL NEEDS: Your prayers and generous financial gifts will help us if the roofs on the elementary and high school buildings. We will be in a position to paint our gym, add much needed repair to our bleachers and add more seating, renew our window and stage curtains, update our library facility, repair the sidewalks, add paved parking for the high school staff, put in small teacher: work station, have a larger elevator to service all three floors of the high school, update our chapel, put in nursing station, renovate the office area, address the plumbing, add a staff lounge and a visitor and student commons area for the high school, create additional classroom space for special course offerings, add handicap rails and access to the elementary school, put blinds in all the classrooms and address other basic repair to the school buildings. We will also have the needs for the interior of our church addressed, - including adding a handicap access restroom, two reconciliation chapels, a small brides room renovate the Blessed Sacrament chapel, update the sacristy, repair the choir loft stairwell, add seating for the choir loft, restore and update the chiming mechanism of the Church bells and address other smaller needs.

We are truly blessed by the tremendous commitment and generosity, faith, prayer and financial support of our St. Mary': Alumni, here in 0'Neill and beyond our borders, who have never ceased to offer their support for the vital work of sustaining an( building up our legacy. With so many of you helping us, we have reached a total of $1,050,000 (78%) of our total goal of $1, 350,000 to date. I have included a capital campaign envelope in this mailing (send to 301 E. Adams, 0'Neill, NE 68763) for those of you who perhaps have put our appeal on the back burner and would still welcome the opportunity to make a gift toward: this worthy cause..

Once again, on behalf of the students and staff of St. Mary's Schools and St. Patrick's parishioners, do accept my heartfelt thanks for your prayerful support and for your gift/ pledge offering to our capital campaign. God bless you.