Seniors Katie Grooss, Lauren Kormelink, Sarah Halford and Joseph Peters discuss a physics class lab experiment in one of the science labs at St. Teresa High School’s 2-year-old arts and science addition. The addition, which includes a school chapel, large multipurpose room, science laboratories/classrooms, large music room and individual practice rooms, and also houses development and foundation offices, was funded through a capital campaign, augmented with $500,000 from the diocesan Harvest of Thanks/Springtime of Hope campaign. Science labs, classrooms, a school chapel, large music room and individual practice rooms, huge multipurpose rooms, and a gymnasium are just some of the new school facilities which were built at Catholic high schools in the Springfield diocese, in part by funds raised in the Harvest of Thanks, Springtime of Hope campaign.

The endowment/capital campaign was held in conjunction with Jubilee 2003, the year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the diocese.

St. Anthony of Padua High School in Effingham, the only parish-operated high school in the diocese, received $1 million from the campaign for its 45,000-square-foot addition, for which ground was broken in 2002, next to the 1969 high school building. The addition includes a new gymnasium, auditorium, band room, six additional classrooms, school and administration area, restroom and entrance lobby for the gymnasium..

The campaign raised $5 million in matching funds to be made available for capitol projects to improve the (then) five private Catholic high schools in the diocese.

St. Teresa High School in Decatur and Quincy Notre Dame High School, Quincy, each launched capital building campaigns, and built additions to their schools.

St. Teresa received $400,000 from the Harvest campaign, which it combined with pledges of $4.2 million from its own capital campaign to build a new science and music wing addition, which includes a school chapel, multi-purpose room, and support staff offices.

In addition to its share of monies from the Harvest campaign, funding for the $1.2 million renovation at Quincy Notre Dame came from bequests and donations designated for capital improvements to the school. The 11,000-square-foot addition, which was dedicated at the start of the last school year, includes two classrooms to replace portable classrooms, a multi-purpose area for student activities and practices, a cafeteria extension, weight room, conference room, restrooms, an elevator and updated intercom system.

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield is receiving $400,000 from the Harvest campaign. That money was added to the SHG Building Foundations for Life campaign which ran from 2001 to 2004, raising $4.1 million for the school's endowment. The campaign monies impact faculty and staff salaries, student financial assistance programs, campus ministry, counseling and college planning programs. The school also made technological upgrades across the curriculum, and made minor improvements to the physical facilities at both the east and west campuses.

Routt Catholic High School in Jacksonville already has received $337,000 from the Harvest campaign, which the school used to redo the wood flooring in its computer lab and purchase new computers and a smart board.

In 2003, the Harvest campaign proposed to raise $2 million for a new campus for the diocesan-sponsored Marquette Catholic High School in Alton. The school, however, pulled back from its plans for relocation, and in May became an independent Catholic high school governed by a board. At that time, the diocese provided funds for the purchase of the current facility from the school's founders, the Ursuline Sisters, as well as substantial improvements to the facilities to meet fire and safety codes. A decision is yet to be made for the proper use of additional funds from the Harvest campaign to benefit Catholic education in Madison County.

As early as 2002, Ursuline Academy in Springfield received $400,000 in advanced funds from the Harvest campaign. The money was used, in part, for a program providing laptop computers for all incoming freshmen, at a cost of $200 each year to the student, to be paid for four years.