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20  THE COURIER SUN  •  JANUARY 19, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK Be an Angel to a Catholic school student through Futures in Education 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. 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 QNS.com iS the New deStiNatioN for everythiNg QueeNS! BreakiNg NewS free claSSifiedS iNteractive eveNtS caleNdar coNNect with your commuNity oN NeighBorhood PageS 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. During the 2014-15 school year, 756 students at Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens were helped through the Be an Angel program. “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.” 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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