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| Date: From: Subject: | 7/25/2008 3:47:36 PM Home School Foundation Home School Foundation Report--June/July 2008 |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home School Foundation Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June/July 2008 Friends of the Home School Foundation, For many, summer represents a break from the routine. That's true for us as well. However, those warm breezes also carry new opportunities and challenges for us to face. One of our summertime challenges is how to provide the right level of encouragement and support that will effectively help families press on for another school year. For many, the desire is there; they sense God has called them to it, but they're often not optimistic about having the resources to do it well. Thank you for your prayers and support as we seek to minister God's grace to so many families who come to us for help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because You Helped We continually receive letters and notes from homeschooling families who have been blessed by our grants. Each one who has prayed and/or given is a part of the blessings. Here are just a few that testify to the power of your gifts: "Thank you so much for helping us out this year! It is a great relief to know that I can continue educating my daughter without going into debt to do it. This grant allows me to use a curriculum that lends itself to my rigorous work schedule and puts me in a position to save for next year!" -- Erika G. "Finding that check in the mail was so encouraging! Everyone has a story. Most people struggle at some point. Being a single parent brings its own set of struggles, of course, and homeschooling my two sons has proved to be one of the biggest challenges I've ever faced. I believe my sons' spiritual well-being, not to mention their psychological well-being, might very well depend on it, however.... I am convinced that God wants my sons to be homeschooled. Your help has reminded me that God will provide." -- Cathy H. "It has been such a privilege and blessing to be able to homeschool my children. The time with them is going so fast.... We have seen how God has given us grace to do what he has called us to do through our years of homeschooling. We were not expecting so much help this year... thank you for giving so generously; this has given us so much encouragement to see how the Lord provides for our homeschooling needs. I see it as the hand of God caring for the fatherless and the widows. His faithfulness is new every morning." -- Lisa B. "Words don't begin to express how grateful we are for your assistance. I can't thank you enough for your generous grant. Your assistance has made it possible to continue to address the special needs of my children. As parents we have the opportunity and responsibility to help our children reach their full potential. You grant has helped make this possible." -- Jager N. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HSF Annual Report Online The 2007-2008 Fiscal Year was significant in that we were able to provide more help than ever before! In the face of difficult economic times across the country, the Home School Foundation has been blessed to still be able to help so many families, and we are amazed to see how many people still want to give to those in need. Widows, single parents, and families with special needs children are especially feeling the economic strain, but our gracious donors have allowed us to step up and help bear the load. It is a humbling and exhilarating thing to be used as an instrument of God's provision. Thank you for being a part of our ministry to support parents as they strive to honor the Lord in the way they train and educate their children. To get a glimpse of what God has done in the homeschool community through the Foundation this year, view the HSF Annual Report at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=5331 . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Available for Flood Victims In light of the devastation caused by flooding in the mid-west states, the Home School Foundation would like to remind you that our Emergency Fund stands ready to quickly respond to the financial needs of homeschooling families experiencing this sudden crisis. Our Emergency Fund can help replace curriculum and other homeschooling items lost because of the floods. The fund also provides relief for some of the immediate needs of affected homeschooling families. If you are in need or are aware of any homeschooling families in need of relief, please have them contact us at info@homeschoolfoundation.org or (540) 338-8688. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Launching New Programs of Service This summer, HSF is launching two trial programs in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Their purpose is to reach even more families who don't know the help and support available for them in the homeschool community and give families a chance to start their children on a journey of quality education at home. The Right Choice Program is designed to help remove some of the financial burden from young, struggling families who want to start homeschooling. The program is designed to work through referrals from homeschooling support groups to find new families entering homeschooling and to provide them with the basic educational resources they need to begin homeschooling. The Ambassadors Program is another test program aimed at bringing together volunteers in the three trial states. These ambassadors would represent HSF in their communities by providing information about the Foundation to those in need, explaining the mission of the Foundation to donors, and by providing local homeschool families opportunities to serve. Please pray for the success of these two unique programs, that God would use them as He sees fit to bring hope and blessing to the homeschool community. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grant Season Grants we give... One of the annual early summer events the Foundation takes on each year is to help fund projects by groups who want to minister to their local homeschooling communities. Last year, we gave out around $80,000 to various homeschooling groups, most of which are affiliated with HSLDA through their Discount Group Program. Please pray that our grants this year will be used effectively to minister God's grace to the less fortunate within homeschool communities across the country. Grants we are seeking... As a part of our funding efforts, the Foundation seeks grants from other private foundations whose missions overlap ours. For instance, we have projects that are primarily educational in nature, and there are other foundations who share an interest in helping us fund these projects. Therefore, we design a grant application that requests funding from them. Please pray that God will give us favor as we reach out to some of these foundations. And if you know of foundations that might share our vision, or likeminded foundation board members, please let us know and we will be delighted to share with them the opportunities for becoming involved with HSF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christmas Card Contest Deadline Approaching Every year the Home School Foundation sends Christmas Cards to those who have received assistance from us. This Christmas Season the Home School Foundation is hosting a special contest which gives homeschoolers an opportunity to design the artwork for the Christmas greeting card. This contest is for either home-educated students (ages 15 and up) or homeschool teachers. (Adults are welcome to submit entries!) We are looking for elegant, creative, artwork. For information on how to enter, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=5332 . The deadline is August 1, so get your entries in! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photo Contest to Help Special Needs Children Deadline Approaching As you may know, the proceeds from the contests HSLDA sponsors throughout the year go to help the Home School Foundation's Special Needs Fund. Consequently, we want to promote these opportunities for homeschool students to develop their skills and abilities. Would you help us? You can do so by encouraging your family and friends to participate and get the word out about the upcoming photography contest for homeschool students. We greatly appreciate your partnership in this project that promotes excellence and blesses those less fortunate! The deadline is August 1. Students must submit a photo with one of the following Fruits of the Spirit as their theme: Category 1 (students ages 7-11): Gentleness Category 2 (students ages 12-15): Faithfulness Category 3 (students ages16-19): Self-control For contest rules, entry fees and entry forms: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=5333 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Home School Foundation Report is a service of: Home School Foundation P.O. Box 1152 Purcellville, Virginia 20134-1152 Phone: (540) 338-8899 Email: info@homeschoolfoundation.org Web: http://www.homeschoolfoundation.org The Home School Foundation is a supporting organization of Home School Legal Defense Association ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the Home School Foundation Report at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the Home School Foundation Report as: ##ToAddress## - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, including unsubscribing, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide Home School Foundation Report subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@homeschoolfoundation.org or call HSF at 540-338-8899. Thank you for your cooperation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
