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A comprehensive and thorough explanation of every single proposed project to be addressed by Our Lady of the Wayside’s 2008 capital campaign was presented Monday night, April 27, at the first-ever Town Hall Meeting in the Father Mackin Center.
Following a welcome by Father Ed Fialkowski, members of the OLW Management Council and the “Preserving Our Foundation / Securing Our Future” Campaign Leadership Team described in detail the needs facing the parish in 2008 and how and when they will be addressed during the three-year time-line of the campaign.
Most of the detail was described in a “Powerpoint” slide show presented by Bill Cleary of the Campaign Leadership Team and Sue Szymczak and Tod Faerber of the Management Council.
Click below for the Powerpoint presentation. Choose the format that works best for you! Either format opens in a new browser window:
Following the Powerpoint presentation, a five-member panel of Management Council and Campaign Leadership team members answered a series of questions.
The panelists included Glen Stewart and Terry DaPisa of the Campaign Leadership Team, and Mark Iammarino and John Franczyk of the Management Council. OLW Business Manager Ken Adamick also participated.
Questions addressed included those posted on the power point presentation, as well as questions submitted via the campaign website or submitted in writing a the recent Open House or at one of the frequent presentations by Campaign Leadership Team members at meetings of numerous parish organizations.
Questions also were allowed from the floor.
“We have worked very hard to give members of Wayside parish every opportunity to ask about this project and we are trying to answer every question in great detail,” said Glen Stewart, a co-chair of the Campaign Leadership Team.
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| TOD FAERBER OF OLW's Management Council described the repair projects needed by the parish. |
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| BILL CLEARY OF OLW's Campaign Leadership Team described the overall goal of the 'Preserving Our Foundation/Securing Our Future Campaign' effort.
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| MORE THAN 200 OLW parishioners attended the Town Hall Meeting on April 28 to hear details of the capital campaign.
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| A FIVE-MEMBER PANEL of members of the OLW Parish Management Council and Capital Campaign Leadership Team answered questions from the audience.
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| GLEN STEWART, member of the Management Council and co-chair of Campaign Leadership Team, served as emcee for the Town Hall Meeting.
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| BILL CLEARY, member of the Campaign Leadership Team, presented the over-all picture of the capital campaign.
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| PANELISTS WHO ANSWERED questions were (from left): John Franczyk, Management Council; Terry DaPisa, co-chair, Campaign Leadership Team; Glen Stewart, Management Council and Campaign Leadership Team; Mark Iammarino, Management Council; and Ken Adamick, OLW Business Manager.
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| MARK IAMMARINO, whose day job is General Manager of Turner Construction Company, answered a lot of the technical and construction-related issues.
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| ONE LONG-TIME parishioner remembered moving pews from the elementary school to the church, and wondered about the "pew replacement/renewal" portion of the plan. Answer to him: Nothing definite is set, but pews, kneelers and flooring continue to deteriorate.
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| HE HAS GOOD QUESTIONS, AND FOLLOW-UPS so he gets two pictures. |
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| ABOUT 200 PEOPLE attended the Town Hall Meeting, which lasted about 90 minutes.
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| FATHER ED LISTENED intently to the questions -- and the answers!
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| JOHN SUPPLITT wants more attention on "green" issues, and also wants parish-wide e-mail communication.
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| AT LEAST ONE QUESTION focused on the problems of cold classrooms in the Mackin School (Middle School).
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| EMCEE GLEN STEWART, a long-time parishioner, displayed a photo from the campaign to build the Middle School (not yet called Father Mackin Center) with names of all parishioners included. Glen's wife, Teresa, is an OLW graduate, as were many in attendance.
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