The American Friends of Trinity College
‘The American Friends of Trinity College’ – formally launched in New York in October at the inaugural meeting of its board of directors – will help bring the widespread American Trinity community together by organising special events in major cities across the USA. As a charitable foundation, it can receive tax-deductible, philanthropic gifts in cash or kind from alumni and friends to support the College.
Inspired by the Campaign for Trinity, the American Friends have elected to raise US$3million to enhance the College’s capacity to host eminent visiting scholars from around the world. This will finance the visiting scholars' apartments on the top floor of the new Woodheap building, and strengthen the endowment which funds visiting scholars. Their initial pledges already exceed US$1.2million.
The Trinity community in the USA and Canada numbers well over 300 and
is made up of both Australian expatriates and American ‘study abroad’ students.
American students have been coming to Trinity since about 1945 and many report
that attending the College brought unexpected and positive outcomes which often
transformed their lives.