Welcome to the OLV update, a biweekly entry to your parish bulletin. Here we will post news, updates and information regarding Our Lady of the Valley Regional School, the wonderful Catholic elementary school in the Blackstone Valley, sponsored and supported by Good Shepherd Parish, St. Mary Parish, St. Patrick Parish and St. Peter Parish. We are blessed to have your prayers and support.
Our Lady of the Valley Regional School is pleased and proud to report that the Grace to the Finish event, a sixty-two hour and three second fundraising drive to fund the construction of The Grace Center, was extremely successful, raising over six hundred thousand dollars for this gymnasium and classroom addition. Thank you to all the parishioners and friends who donated to this wonderful cause.
We are now advantageously positioned to continue our fundraising with a plan to break ground on April 5, 2021. And we fully expect to bless and to dedicate this building next January. This expedited timetable has been enabled by the kind and generous support and prayers of so many. If you would like to make a gift or encourage others to do the same, I would refer you to the website: gracetothefinish.com There you will find pertinent information, updates and giving portals.
As we begin the New Year, we remain vigilant and continue to maintain strict adherence to all corona virus protocols and guidelines in order to resume in person learning. We are grateful for the extraordinary commitment of our families, students, faculty and staff. Their response to this crisis has been remarkable and essential as we work together to provide faith-based, academically rigorous curriculum and instruction to the students of Our Lady of the Valley Regional School.
Thank you, as always, for your continued prayers and support!
Ed Reynolds Principal Our Lady of the Valley Regional School