Donor Stories

Learn how others have made an impact through their acts of giving to our organization and others.

Joy and a Full Heart
Joy and a Full Heart
For Shirley and Stephen Teglas, Chaminade is both family and friends. Sons Cole '20 and Chase '25 had such positive experiences at Chaminade that the couple was inspired to include the school in their estate plans.
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Boehmer's Support is a Slam Dunk Through QCD
Boehmer's Support is a Slam Dunk Through QCD
For Chaminade Board Chair Richard (Rick) Boehmer, making a planned gift to Chaminade was a slam dunk.
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O'Hara Family Believes Education is the Key to Freedom
O'Hara Family Believes Education is the Key to Freedom
For the O'Haras, endowing a scholarship at Chaminade is a reflection of the couple's strong values and upbringing. Both Doris and Michael, P '99, P'02, had come from immigrant families-his, Irish, and hers, Italian-that esteemed education above all.
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Gratitude. Pass it on.
Gratitude. Pass it on.
For Jill and Steve Ortiz, Chaminade College Preparatory enabled them to survive a year when their youngest daughter, Briana '20, was very ill.
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Blessings are to be shared
Blessings are to be shared
This story begins with a hammer—a hammer put in the hands of John Miller by the Marianist Brothers back in 1963. John's family had just relocated to California in the summer before his junior year.
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