#GivingTuesday Results and Campus Center Video Update

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THANKS TO YOU, WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL FOR #GIVINGTUESDAY!

Thanks to your generosity, we surpassed our goal and raised a total of $22,633! Your gifts will be used to help finish and furnish the campus center at Forman Christian College (FCCU).

We are grateful for your thoughtful gifts to FCCU at a time when there are many worthy causes asking for your donations. Thank you for supporting this unique mission!

Click here to read more about the campus center on pages 2 and 3 of the fall newsletter.

With appreciation,

Rev. Dr. Roger A. Dermody
Executive Director
Friends of Forman
Christian College

Happy Thanksgiving Video Message from Pakistan

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Dear Friends,

I want to share a short Thanksgiving video we just filmed on the Forman Christian College campus, featuring words of gratitude from some of the students your generous giving helps support.
 
From all of us at Friends of Forman, wishing you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Blessings,

Rev. Dr. Roger A. Dermody
Executive Director
Friends of Forman
Christian College

Fall 2022 FFCC Newsletter

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Dear Friends,

It has been a joy to meet so many of you during the first twelve weeks of my tenure with Friends. And, in the year ahead, I hope to meet many more of you – our faithful and generous partners.

As you receive this letter, I am on the Forman Christian College (FCCU) campus in Pakistan. It is a wonderful experience speaking with students and staff, exploring the buildings, classrooms, and grounds, and becoming immersed in the rhythms of this University. It is awesome to see first-hand how FCCU is making God’s love visible in the world’s fifth most populous and second largest Muslim country, living true to its motto, “by love serve one another.”

I plan to return just before Thanksgiving with specific stories of how your generosity is providing a far more hopeful future especially for young women and for some of Pakistan’s poorest people. These young adults have the greatest potential yet the least economic means to pursue their dreams. Your gifts to Friends provide scholarships to these aspiring future leaders. You are providing exceptional leadership for the University. And you are helping to build world-class facilities for Forman, adding to its 158-year legacy of graduating many of the region’s top leaders.

As 2022 draws to a close, I particularly want to call your attention to our soon-to-be-completed Campus Center (the only one of its kind in Pakistan). During the uncomfortably hot spring and summer months, over 6,000 commuter students must seek whatever shade they can find under a tree or a bush. Once open, this centerpiece of the campus will provide students a safe, secure, and climate-controlled place to study, socialize, eat, rest, and purchase needed school supplies.

While a very successful capital campaign has enabled us to construct this 177,000-square-foot facility, ongoing supply chain challenges and global economic conditions have added extra costs. Your end-of-year gift of any size to Friends of Forman will help FCCU fully finish and furnish the campus center, allowing for an opening celebration this spring.

Thank you in advance for your continued generosity. Shortly, you will receive two emails from me showing pictures of the progress so far and a video of several students expressing their joy and gratitude for the imminent completion of this project.

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you again for supporting this incredible mission, brightly shining God’s love in a country that is too often forgotten. Your donations offer hope and light. Thank you!

Click here or on the photo to download your digital copy of the 2022 Fall Newsletter.

With appreciation,

Rev. Dr. Roger A. Dermody
Executive Director
Friends of Forman
Christian College

Annual Reports

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2018-2019

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2016-2017

Friends of Forman Welcomes New Executive Director

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REV. DR. ROGER A. DERMODY JR.

“The Friends of Forman board is delighted to call Dr. Roger Dermody to be our next Executive Director,”  Chair Gaylen Baxter has announced.  “We believe that the future of Friends and Forman Christian College will thrive under his capable leadership.”


Dr. Dermody is a passionate Christ-follower, a Presbyterian minister, a husband, and a father of three daughters.  He has traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East on short-term mission trips. 

Tom Taylor, CEO of the Presbyterian Foundation, said, “Roger Dermody is an outstanding choice to lead Friends of Forman in its unique mission of supporting higher education for Pakistani women and men of all faiths at Forman Christian College.”

Roger will begin his work with Friends on August 1, 2022 and Sam Schreiner will retire in October 2022. For more information about Dr. Dermody, please click here to read his bio. We look forward to introducing Roger to our donors, churches, and foundation partners.

Grateful Graduates – Your Help Matters!

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Did you know? 27% of FCCU students needed scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year.

In March, I met a Forman Christian College graduate who skips breakfast each day so he can contribute to his sister’s university fees. Education isn’t cheap but it blesses us with skills, insights, and lifelong opportun­ities which open doors.

­In this graduation season would you please consider making a donation to help fund a first-class Forman education for a financially challenged student in Pakistan?­ A year of under­graduate tuition averages $2,500. Gifts of any size make a difference! If you can help, please click here to donate online and know that many will be forever grateful for your sacrifice.


Thank you!

Grateful for you,

Rev. Sam Schreiner
Executive Director
Friends of Forman
Christian College