Designated Offering
Corvallis Public Schools Foundation
Each month, we designate a particular social service organization for financial support through special collections on Sundays. This August, our special offering goes to the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation.
Since its founding in 1996, the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation has funneled resources into programs designed to inspire learning, boost graduation rates and increase educational access.
The past several years have been exceptionally challenging for students generally, but even more challenging for the 225 to 325 students who are homeless or moving from home to home. Housing instability is a barrier to learning and emotional well-being.
For families navigating these circumstances, school is often a place of stability. The Corvallis School Foundation offers free or reduced-price meals, which help students concentrate on learning with full stomachs; it also provides tutoring, transportation and access to weekend meals.
Our donations to the Corvallis School Foundation will help reduce the long-term impacts of homelessness in these children’s lives.
Make a designated offering
Please give prayerful consideration to this month’s designated offering. To participate, make out a check to Church of the Good Samaritan, write “designated offering” on the memo line, and place it in the plate during the Sunday services offertory (or mail it to our office). You can also use the “designated offering” envelope found in the back of each pew.
At the end of each month, we write a single check from Good Sam to the organization we’ve designated for our support. Thank you for helping to ensure that this valuable service can continue!