HOME Campaign

On Sunday our parish will finally kick off the HOME Campaign. I invite you to look over the following goals that our parish have set for the campaign. You can also look over the HOME Campaign website by clicking here. On this website you will find more information on the campaign as well as find a link to giving to the campaign.

Convert Cafeteria into a Social Hall ($175,000)
Campaign funds will help us to completely remodel and renovate of our current cafeteria. This will allow us to repurpose the cafeteria and make it more suitable for a variety of church and school gatherings. Upgrades include improved and versatile lighting and professionally engineered acoustic improvements which will include a sound system suitable for conferences. We will also bring in more comfortable and portable seating. Two new handicapped accessible bathrooms will be built, while the current bathrooms will transition into storage areas. Improvements will be made to make the exterior of the west entrance more inviting, more secure and more well-lit.

Create Parish Greenway ($15,000)
In order to better connect with our community we will add a 4,500-foot walking path around our campus. This will provide our parish multiple ways to project our vitality to Oak Ridge. This path will provide ease of access to the exiting parish centers of Marian devotion while allowing us to consider future Outdoor Stations of the Cross on our campus. Our parishioners and our neighbors can use the path to not only improve their health, but also spend more time on our parish grounds.

Replace Aging HVAC Units ($180,000)
There are two outdated HVAC units on our campus that are in need of replacing. We will looks at replacing one as soon as we can, while addressing other campaign needs before the second unit is replaced.

Increase Campus Security ($17,000)
We will use campaign needs to increase security in both the church and the school. First, we will install a security vestibule at the main entrance of the school. This will allow the school to control and monitor visitor access. Secondly, we will install a card-reader system at five primary facility doorways. These card-readers will eliminate the need for keys at these entrances and the secured entrances provide controlled access to parishioners and visitors.

Church and School Improvements ($40,000)
Church-Reseal church bell tower to address chronic leaking and wall deterioration.
School- Refurbish two aging restrooms in the school.

Reserve Fund ($54,000)
Once we reach our parish goal, we will put our remains campaign funds in a reserve fund for future facility needs. There is potential to put more than $50,000 into this fund, which will allow us to better maintain our campus without the need for special fundraising appeals.