Annual Report

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, You surpassed in your generosity and giving this year even our most fervent and prayerful expectations for what we knew we could accomplish together with your increased commitment.

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, During the past year and through some difficult days in Baltimore, your dedication to Caroline Center gave us new courage, and your generosity strengthened our resolve and our commitment to women and work. As we anticipate the meaningful ways we will celebrate Caroline Center’s 20th Anniversary year together in 2015-2016, we are so very grateful to you for your past support of the Annual Fund and for lighting the spark of hope that will illuminate our path moving forward...

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, the spirit of Mother Caroline Friess, SSnD, the North American foundress of the School Sisters of notre Dame and namesake of our sponsored work, lives through your commitment to Caroline Center.

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, We are so grateful to you. Your generosity has made it possible for capable, highly motivated women to receive a Caroline Center education and to begin new careers that have changed their lives. Your gift to Caroline Center shows that you share our confidence and faith in our alumnae...

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, Your generosity and commitment this past year so clearly demonstrated that there are no bounds to your love and compassion for the women we are blessed to know and serve through our program. We cannot thank you enough for your support and for helping with your gift to create the power for positive change within our community...

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, As we look back on the past year, our hearts are filled with gratitude and amazement at the wonderful people and celebrations that marked our 15th anniversary. Our two signature events, the lecture by The Help author Kathryn Stockett, and the wine event at Boordy Vineyards provided us an opportunity to see old friends and make many new ones.

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, There is a poem by the poet Mary Oliver that we read to each class of women on their first day at Caroline Center. It is called The Journey, and it describes the choice each woman makes when she sets her feet to the Caroline Center path...

Dear Friends of Caroline Center, The SSND foundresses of our congregation believed that if you educate a woman you educate a society. That belief is at the heart of our work here, and as we end our twelfth year the truth of this belief is evident.