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Breakfast with the Titans
In third annual event, supporters come together to celebrate Trinity’s impact on the future
On April 4, nearly 200 supporters gathered for the third annual “Breakfast with the TITANS.” This free, one-hour fundraising breakfast showcased the school’s mission while inviting the community to help invest in Trinity’s financial sustainability. The Breakfast brings together Trinity’s philanthropic community to steward and build passionate and sustaining supporters.
Fifteen volunteers served as table hosts by personally inviting guests who came from all circles of the Trinity community and beyond: founding families, alumni, current and past parents, trustees, faculty and guests. Customarily, the elected representatives for Trinity’s district are also invoice, adn this year the school was pleased to welcome Delegate Betsy B. Carr of the 78th District.
Student emcees Tucker Tetterton ’25 and Magovern Rollins ’25 welcomed guests to a continental breakfast and plenty of hot coffee the Estes Athletic Center, while The TriTones, Trinity’s acapella group, gave a rounding rendition of “Java Jive” by the Ink Spots.
With the recent launch of a campaign to expand the lower level of Morgan Hall to add improved and dedicated spaces for Technology, Research and Innovation, Trinity alumni were asked to respond via video to the question, “What does innovation mean to you?”
“If technology is going to be the baseline for the next generation of workers,” said Schuyler Cottrell ’14, “and research is going to be how you get through day-to-day life — Innovation is what's going to set you apart as a leader. Innovation is what's going to show that you are that one in 100 — that one in 1000… That's what's going to push future Trinity students to the top of their fields.”
Rob Short, Head of School, following the video, remarked “almost all of my career, I've been waiting for these watershed moments.” He expressed his excitement for new ways of putting future-ready skills within the grasp of every Trinity student. “At Trinity, we're always looking at new ways to build skills,” he said. “We are excited to fulfill student and faculty enthusiasm for what innovation means in all disciplines.”
Delivering the keynote message was Emma Nash Miller ’16, now a Pediatric ICU Nurse at Children's Hospital of Richmond. Nash said she credited Trinity and her parents for “lovingly pushing me to do hard things, especially the things that I was nervous about.” At Trinity, she said, “I was surrounded by people who had more competence in me than I had of myself, and who knew I could do more than what I thought I could and push me to accomplish it.”
Nash described finding the courage to rise to professional challenges like assisting in the third-ever partial heart transplant performed in the United States on a child at the Medical University of South Carolina. Through the Mercy Ships international nonprofit organization, she and her husband, Tim, lived on a medical ship in Madagascar providing healthcare to as many people as possible.
“Trinity helped me understand that things aren't always easy. In fact, a lot of times life things are hard, but when I left here, I had the toolkit and people surrounding me to help me when things did get hard,” she said. “Trinity teaches you how to discover your path to have the confidence of bravery and tools that you need to do so it equips you with the resources you need and the people to support you so that when you leave, you are confident to go out there and find your place in the world. Even when it's scary. When you are at Trinity, no one gives up on you, so you learn not to give up on yourself.”
At the conclusion of the program, guests enjoyed an additional music performance of “Route 66” Trinity Jazz Band, while Kelly O’Keefe, Trinity parent (’06, ’03, ’01) and former trustee, invited them to support the mission of the school through one-time gifts and multi-year pledges in support of the Trailblazer Fund (annual giving). Over $70,000 was raised in new gifts and three-year pledges.
Special thanks to all of the Trinity Parent Association volunteers who made the event a success as well as to Breakfast Sponsors Patient First and the Dameron Family for helping to underwrite the costs of the event.
For more information about being a Table Host, guest or sponsor at next year's Breakfast, contact Sam Mickens, Leadership Gifts Officer at sammickens@trinityes.org or 804.327.3153.
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