Nonprofit builds road to success for Catholic school students
BY MCGEORGE SORENSEN
For many families across
Brooklyn and Queens, sending
their children to a Catholic
grammar school may be an
impossible task because they
have low incomes and cannot
afford the yearly tuition,
which runs into thousands of
dollars annually.
That’s where Futures in
Education comes in.
The nonprofit organization
operated by the Diocese of
Brooklyn and Queens holds
all kinds of fundraisers each
year to help parents across
the diocese afford a Catholic
education for their children.
Futures in Education
also establishes partnership
with private donors and
organizations to enable schools
to have updated curriculums
and the proper tools needed to
educate their students, and to
assist teachers in refining
their craft through training
programs.
There are a litany of ways
private donors can contribute
to Catholic education through
the Futures in Education.
Photo via Facebook/Futures in Education
One way is the “Be an
Angel to a Student” Program,
in which an individual
can help cover the cost of
a Catholic school student’s
tuition every year starting at
$1,500. Angels also get to know
the students they are helping
by exchanging notes, cards
and drawings; all Angels
receive progress reports on
how they’re students are
performing in class.
Each Angel gets to meet
their students at the Angel
Reception, an annual
celebration held by Futures
in Education. The Angels
are also invited to attend
school plays, recitals and
graduation ceremonies.
“We continue to be hard
at work ensuring that every
deserving family requesting
financial tuition assistance
receives it through our Be an
Angel to a Student and other
scholarship programs,” Msgr.
Jamie Gigantiello, vicar for
development for the Diocese of
Brooklyn, said in a December
2016 letter. “However, it is not
enough to look back on only the
successes of the year. Instead,
we must also focus on those
students who we were unable
to assist and find additional
donors willing to join us in
support of this cause.”
During the 2015-16 school
year, Futures in Education
doled out more than $7
million in scholarships to
4,873 students. The median
annual household income of
their scholarship recipients
is $28,000, with 31% of
families living at or below
the poverty level.
Futures in Education also
works to connect Catholic
grammar school alumni
with their alma maters, and
young executives to schools
around the diocese, to further
increase support for Catholic
education.
Individual donations of any
amount, as always, are also
accepted.
To learn more about the
Futures in Education program,
or to contribute to the cause, visit
www.futuresineducation.org.
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