Sydell Kane, the mother of our dear friend and colleague, Marcia Kane Hittner, died on October 2, 2012. She was 82 and a lifelong resident of Forest Hills NY.

Sydell was a beloved and respected long time educator in the public schools of NYC, serving as a teacher, administrator, mentor and consultant, continuing her work right up until she became ill.

Marcia and her family celebrated Sydell’s life in a funeral and burial last week in the tradition of her strong Jewish faith.

Please keep Marcia and her husband Ellis and the rest of her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers this week.

Cards may be sent to Marcia at her home address below.

Marcia Hittner                                                                                                                              7031 108th Street                                                                                                                      Forest Hills, NY 11375-4424

Dear Colleagues,

After four years with the Special Events team, Barbie Bertschy Gallimore has resigned her position to pursue new opportunities.  We wish her success in her new endeavors.

The Office of Special Events will welcome a temporary Administrative Assistant over the next several days to assist our team and will communicate this announcement this week.

Best regards,

Mary Andersen, Director of Executive Events

St. Michael’s Laundry will clean your coats and gently used winter clothes at no charge and then will deliver them to the Center for the Homeless. Just drop things off at the laundry’s main plant or the Distribution Center on campus.

It’s October and the College of Arts and Letters has launched the 11^th annual Race to Raise the Most. For the last eleven years, during the month of October, the College has had a  fundraiser for those in St. Joseph county who cannot afford mammograms and/or diagnostic screenings. This will be our twelfth Race and to date we have raised approximately $90,000.00! The Race is set up as a friendly competition between the halls and various buildings within the College, so you can support your favorite departments. Here is a link for our blog: http://al-race-to-raise-the-most.blogspot.com/  where you can check out all the great fundraisers being held by the teams.

I’m happy to announce that Bridget Moreno will be joining the Midwest field fund-raising team on Oct. 8^th as our newest Associate Regional Directory.  Bridget is a 1995 Notre Dame graduate, originally from Memphis, TN.  Bridget brings twelve years’ experience as a pharmaceutical sales specialist with AstraZeneca.  Bridget is a mother of 4 (ages 7-12), volunteers as a board member for St. Margaret’s House in South Bend, and is an avid sports fan…Notre Dame of course is her favorite team!

Please welcome Bridget on Oct. 8^th!

Mike Sullivan ’90, Senior Director of Development – Midwest Region