Sister Parish School Scholarships
The Children – our annual scholarship drive
You, the parishioners, have supported the Santa Anna Parish School since 2009 with scholarship assistance. We need your help to continue to educate the Catholic children of this poor parish by participating in this scholarship drive program. The Santa Ana School provides a quality education in a parish where the vast number of families live in poverty and educational opportunities are few. Years of hard fought economic progress were wiped out by the COVID pandemic and its accompanying economic devastation. Recovery is difficult, but keeping kids in school at Santa Ana provides a path to the future. Through your support change can happen!
Why it matters
In an area that receives little to no government support, the school is the gateway to a quality education. It is the gateway to a changed life for the children age 3 through High School. Our support to the school is social justice and charity – the two feet of love in action.
How You Can Help
This year we have been asked to help pay the tuition for 46 children. The cost for an entire year at the secondary school is $665. The primary school cost is $600. Most of the children only need help with half of the tuition. In order that more of our parishioners may participate in this ministry, larger scholarships will be divided into two or three parts.
Beginning April 13, our bulletin board will display photos of the children, directions on how to participate, and envelopes with the name and the requested donation. Please take an envelope and put your name on the sign-up sheet on the table under the bulletin board display. Return your donation by Saturday, May 4. Checks are made payable to St. Francis with Sister Parish Scholarship in the lower left hand corner. If you choose to make your donation on line, be sure to note it is for the Sister Parish Scholarship and include the name of the child and the number assigned to them on the envelope.
For more information email Sharon Danner: