Give to Grier

Please consider helping make Grier Summer Camp accessible for girls whose families may not be able to afford camp. A Camp Angel gift of any amount can be made online by GIVE TO GRIER or by check payable to Grier School. Please list “camp angel” in our online giving form or on check memo. If you prefer to be named or anonymous & if you would like the gift to benefit a particular camper. The cost for our summer camp is $1000/week for a day camper and $2000/week for an overnight camper. Intensive riding carries an extra fee of $200/week.

Group sponsorships are possible too. For example, 10 ladies from a particular graduating class each donating $200 will make it possible for one girl to have a week overnight camp experience.

Sponsoring to offset ½ of a camper’s cost or covering the intensive riding program fee is also greatly appreciated!

Become a Summer Camp Angel.

We want to ensure our stories from the past told through Pine Needle yearbooks, photographs, and publications like the Cricket are preserved for future generations. Alumnae and friends have begun to partner with us to digitally archive these records which are available through the alumnae portal. Depending upon the page count, a yearbook typically costs between $200-$250 to digitize. Here is a list of the yearbooks which have already been sponsored:

1948 – NANCY GEMMILL Brownell,  MARY JANE EBNER Erikson,  SYVIA BLAKESLEE Herzog

1957 – JUDITH EBNER

1965 – NANCE JACOBSON Davidson

2020 – LINDSAY SHAW

From classes, to competitions, to clubs, Grier offers numerous opportunities for girls to develop confidence at skills in STEM – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It has been said that “the future of the economy is in STEM,” and the data supports this assertion. Employment in occupations related to STEM is projected to grow through the next decade. Help enhance the learning experiences of future marine biologists, engineers, astronomers and astrophysicists through your gifts.
Recognizing the importance of STEM in preparing students for the future job market, Grier has developed an IT Corridor. This suite includes a 3D printing lab, Robotic Engineering facility, and classrooms for teaching Computer Science courses, including AP Computer Science.

Further STEM education at Grier by making any of the following gifts:

• Robotics Supplies - cable packs, medium motors, ultrasonic, color sensors, IR beacons, IR sensors, IR remote controls, IR speed remotes. Approx. cost: $542
• Sponsor Marine Biology Program Enhancements - saltwater aquarium, Wallops Island Educational Trip, test expenses for science college scholarships. cost: $6,000

Give to our Science Fund.

Sponsor a workshop or clinic for our riders featuring a guest instructor.  Recent clinics and guest instructors have included: Ollie Griffith, Bernie Traurig, and Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette.

• Hunt-Seat Clinic - Approx. cost: $4,000
• Dressage Clinic  - Approx. cost: $4,000

Give to our Jimmy LaRosa Riding Fund.

Show your support of Grier's championship equestrian program by helping meet their latest needs:

• High Demand Horse - Grier Stables is in search of robust, gentle horse that can cross-rail jump with larger riders. Approx. cost $5,000-$8,000.
• Complete Horse Jumps for the upper Outdoor Riding Ring. Approx. cost $15,000
• Paver Bricks for the Indoor Riding Arena. Approx. cost: Estimate pending.
• Saddles and bridles for the tack room supply. Approx. cost: Varies.

Give to our Jimmy LaRosa Riding Fund.

Show your support to the telecommunication infrastructure at Grier, which allows the student body, faculty, and administration to work efficiently and effectively and to learn deeply in the modern world. 
 

• New Server - to store, send, and receive data that supports Grier School students and employees. Approx. cost: $12,000

Give to Grier's General Annual Fund.

At Grier, girls work to achieve a balance of analytical thinking, creative expression, and physical fitness. Tennis is a popular sport for Grier students to participate in on both varsity and recreational levels. 

Three of Grier's tennis courts received a resurfacing treatment Summer 2021. Show your love of the game and Grier's mission to maintain healthy minds and bodies by sponsoring the tennis court resurface treatment.  cost: $16, 000

Give to Grier's General Annual Fund.

Ground crews tend to Grier's expansive mountainside 320 acre campus year-round. The campus includes athletic fields, pastures, natural areas, and landscaped lawns. 

This sophisticated tractor is equipped to handle elevation and terrain changes. Sponsor our new tractor and its mowing and snow-removal accessories to keep Grier looking as gorgeous as ever year-round. 
 

• Tractor Package - Steiner tractor, all-weather cab, water-heater kit,  snow blower, electric chute deflector, mower deck. Non-profit discount cost: $34,458.00

Give to Grier's General Annual Fund.