Jaysgiving 2023

ST. JOSEPH & GEHLEN CATHOLIC ALUMNI APPEAL

Home sweet home..."Once we had children, my husband and I returned to Le Mars to be closer to family and get back to small-town values. Some of my strongest core memories were made while attending Gehlen Catholic. Gehlen provides so much for their students on an academic and extracurricular level, but what has had way more of an impact in shaping me into the person I am today was being exposed to a faith-filled environment. We wanted those same opportunities for our children. We teach our children the importance of living out Christian principles while we have them at home, but it's nice knowing those values that we find so important are being reinforced at school."  - Samantha (Floy, '05) Varenhorst with husband Kent and children Brooklyn, Eden and James

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