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| Date: From: Subject: | 8/13/2010 3:06:56 PM Home School Foundation Home School Foundation Report--Reaching More Homeschool Families |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home School Foundation Report ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ July/August 2010 Friends of the Home School Foundation, Every day we are blessed to be able to reach more homeschool families and bring encouragement and support to their journey. Thank you for your prayers and support for us in this mission--it makes all the difference in these precious families' lives we are able to touch. In this Foundation Report issue we are excited to announce the start of our new volunteer program that will help us reach more families than ever before: our Ambassador Program. This endeavor is designed to connect homeschool families in need with local volunteers who want to help them in tangible ways. Read below to find out more about how you can be a part of touching struggling families' lives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because You Helped We serve families who readily express their gratitude. Here are just a few of the notes that testify to the power of your gifts and prayers: "I want to thank you for the financial assistance you provided for homeschooling curriculum for my family. This has been a very difficult year for me and my family, and I just want you to know how much I appreciate not just the monetary assistance, but the encouragement of the core values of our family. Thank you again!" --Tav P., Curriculum Relief "My daughter and I received our grant last year after our old computer had died. What a huge blessing! As a single, disabled mom, there was really not a very good chance we would be able to replace it quickly. We prayed and knew God would provide as He always has. When we received your check in the mail, I opened it and cried. I looked up and thanked God for the Foundation and His glory. We were truly amazed and encouraged at how God had blessed us through your Foundation. We were able to replace our computer, and printer. My daughter said, 'Mom, we have to thank them! People need to know how they have helped.' It was such a miracle to her that people give so others might be helped. We were so grateful. We are not rich, yet have riches I would not trade for anything. I am so grateful God allows me to homeschool and He provides the means to be able to do it, as I cannot work. To God be the glory! Thank you for your amazing ministry, and hearts to care." --Isabelle R., Children of Single Parents Fund "Thank you so much for the scholarship you granted me for curriculum. What a blessing it was to be able to purchase my daughter's schoolwork without wondering how to pay for it. When the box arrived we were both overjoyed. Thank you so much for your generosity in this most difficult time." --Lisa B., Widows Fund "I wanted to thank you so much for the generous blessing of your grant. I cannot tell you how much it has helped us in our getting Caleb's curriculum and some of the supplies he needs. There are things that we never would have been able to get due to the cost. Things have been very difficult since we lost so much of our income and the scholarship money enabled us to free up some money in our homeschooling budget to get curricula that we desperately needed for our other children as well. It is my prayer that those that gave to HSF to make this possible will be greatly blessed and that they will know how much of a blessing they are to us!" --Amanda B., Special Needs Children's Fund "I just have to say God bless you all at HSF and thank you! I truly feel blessed that HSF has been there to help me get my son educated as a homeschooled student. Without your help I could not have accomplished this." --Crystal C., Widows Fund ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News: Volunteer through the HSF Ambassador Program Volunteer your time and talents to help fellow homeschoolers in need through HSF's newest endeavor: the Ambassador Program. The Ambassador Program is a network of dedicated volunteers all over the country making a difference at the local homeschool level, aiding families so they can continue to homeschool through hard times. Ambassadors help organize and implement local service projects, such as repairing a widow's roof, helping a single mom with yard maintenance, or putting together backpacks of school supplies for needy homeschool children. Ambassador volunteers represent HSF in their communities by providing information about the Foundation to those in need, explaining the mission of the Foundation to potential donors, and providing local homeschool families with opportunities to serve each other in tangible ways. We already have state ambassadors in Kansas (Marshall and Alisa Greene), Michigan (Don Zeilenga), North Carolina (Davis Carman), and South Carolina (Zan Tyler), with a couple other states in process. If you are interested in volunteering or just want to find out more about the program, check out the Ambassador webpage http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8793 and Facebook page http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8794 . News: Combined Federal Campaign Donations You may not know that the Home School Foundation is a qualified charity for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC No. 10535). If you are looking for a charity to designate donations for CFC or perhaps know a military or government family who would be interested, we hope you will consider the Home School Foundation for the 2009-2010 campaign and even pass the word along to others. The number of families applying to us for help grows every year, and it is only through donations from compassionate homeschooling families that we are able to help them. Thank you for considering the Home School Foundation for your designated CFC giving. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News: Annual Report Online It is exciting to look back and see what the Lord has done through the Foundation this past year. In the midst of tough economic times, the needs in the homeschool community are growing; and, as in times past, the Lord has faithfully provided. Read our 2010 Annual Report http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8795 to see how your donations and prayers have been used to help homeschooling families in need this past year. All donations to the Foundation are from private sources. Most come from individuals, but a portion also comes from private foundations. We do not receive any public funds. It is humbling and exhilarating 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News: Congratulations Grads! At a time of year when graduation announcements are abundant, the Foundation was blessed to receive one from Austin G., the son of one of the widows the Foundation helped in past years. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your part in Austin's education!" his mother Andrea wrote the Foundation. "The money you have provided the last several years allowed him to get a great schooling. Your fruit will be seen in his life, I know!" Read more http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8796 about homeschool grads who have made it through, despite hard circumstances. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News: Give While You Shop for Curriculum Here's a great way to help homeschoolers any time you shop online: purchase materials online from a company that gives to the Home School Foundation. All you have to do is go to Clicks for Homeschooling http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8797 (under the "Resources and Shopping" tab at our homepage: www.hslda.org) and click on the link to the store of your choice. Then you shop just like normal, and the store will track that you came from the HSLDA site and give a percentage of what you spend to the Foundation. You don't have to pay any extra--all you have to do is go to the HSLDA Clicks site first, and the company you are buying from does the rest. The Foundation has this affiliate agreement with dozens of retailers including Amazon.com, Answers in Genesis, Family Christian Stores, Rosetta Stone, Barnes and Noble, National Geographic, Staples, and many, many others. Last year our Clicks program generated over $36,000 in donations to the Foundation's Compassion Fund. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News: Best Cookbook Offer of the Year It's Christmas in August! Take advantage of the biggest discount of the year on Family Favorites from the Homeschool Kitchen--from now through August 31, save $6 on the cookbook with coupon code: CB-Summer10. Shop online at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8798 or call 540-338-5600. This is a limited-time offer and is not valid with any other coupon or gift certificate. All profits from the sale of this cookbook go to help needy homeschoolers through HSF. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Share Your Story Tell how HSF has impacted your family's life or why you decided to get involved in the Foundation's work. Send your stories and pictures (optional, but encouraged) to info@homeschoolfoundation.org with "Share Your Story" in the subject line.* A selection of stories received will be put on our new website's testimonies page! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8799 *By emailing your story and/or pictures in this manner you are giving your permission for HSF to post them on our website. Identity will only be by first name and state. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stay Updated: Facebook & Twitter Join the growing number of supporters of HSF on Facebook http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8800 and Twitter http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8801 to stay in touch with what HSF is doing and ways you can be involved. Invite your friends so they too can learn about the Foundation's work. You can also link to the Home School Foundation on your blog or website with our banners http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8802. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Featured Fund: Curriculum Relief We often hear from families just on the edge of not being able to afford to homeschool for the upcoming year, families struggling with the fact that they can't afford the materials their children need to get a quality education. It is then that we are thrilled to step in and help these families provide an education for their children through our Curriculum Relief fund, a branch of the Compassion Fund. "When things got desperate, we called HSLDA to see if there was any help available to get our kids' year-end tests as required by state," wrote one Curriculum Relief recipient. "Little did we know that years, and I means years, of praying and asking God to help us educate our kids would be answered!" Read more of this family's story here http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8803. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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