b'FUNDRAISING/ANNUAL FUND UPDATE ALUMNI UPDATEAlumnus Mason Duling Delivers ConvocationAddressWhile teachers at The Janus School helped him improve his reading and spelling, Mason shared that they also taught him skills that went far beyond the classroom. I was able to learn invaluable skills like problem-solving and advocating for myself and others, but most importantly to believe in myself, he said.Mason is the CEO of Tru-Colour Products, LLC, a company that provides four different shades of bandages that more accurately match peoples skin tones. (trucolour.com)Jan Gillespie, Lisa Hershey, and Mason DulingWhen asked to give advice to our students, Mason Annual Fund Goal Surpassed in 2022! We were thrilled to have alumnus Mason Duling as oursaid Recognize that attending The Janus School is an convocation speaker this year. Mason attended Janus inincredible gift. The harder you work to better yourself, The Annual Fund is a vital, yearly fundraising efforta generous year of giving to The Janus School, and wefourth and fifth grade from 2001-2003 because of histhe more youll be able to utilize the skills you have been to provide academic programming, scholarships forthank everyone for their support. dyslexia and how he struggled with reading and spelling.taught.students in need, and to ensure every child benefits fromHe gave an inspirational speech to our students and their experiences at Janus. Our annual report will be available on the website intheir families about his time at Janus, life during college, the fall, but in the meantime, if youd like to learn aboutand his professional career as a designer. Are you an alumnus who has news to share? Do you need to Were happy to announce that we surpassed our 2021- the various ways of making a gift to Janus, please visitupdate your contact information? We would love to hear from you. Please contact Tim Steffen at tsteffen@thejanusschool.org.2022 goal of $100,000 by raising $137,000 for the Annualwww.thejanusschool.org/giving/.On this page, youll Fund! From all of us here, we send our heartfelt thankssee that weve updated our giving pages so that theyre to new donors and those who have been consistentstreamlined and easier to use. TEACHER SPOTLIGHTfriends throughout our 30-year history.If you have any questions or comments, or if youd like The Annual Fund is only one campaign during eachto visit the school for a tour to see how your giftsSusan Thompsonschool year; there are many other ways that we securemake an impact on our students lives (Jan loves giving funding. There were businesses and individuals who gavetours!), contact Tim Steffen, Director of Development, at Were shining a spotlight on teacher Susan Thompson! Susan started at through the Pennsylvania EITC program, we receivedtsteffen@thejanusschool.org. Janus in 2001 as a long-term sub during a maternity leave and never grants from foundations and our state government,left. For her, no two days are ever the same, and theres always a story some supporters included us in their estate plans,Again, thank you for your generosity. Most importantly,to tell at the end of the day. She loves teaching at Janus because of the there were those who gave to build our endowmentthank you for believing in the important mission of Thestudents. Theyre a lot of fun, and Im always learning from them, she for scholarships, and we had supporters attend ourJanus School. said. I also love the people I work with. Janus is my second family. annual Raising Spirits gala for financial aid in April. It wasThank you, Susan, for your many years of hard work and dedication to our community. We are grateful that you, as well as all the teachers at Janus, are here because you choose to make a difference every day in our students lives.2 |THE JANUS JOURNALSUMMER 2022 TheJanusSchool.org| 3'