by ashleyk | Jan 14, 2021 | About our Foundation, Fundraiser, Programs
In 2020, Knuth Family Foundation raised $9,000
PROJECTS
• We provided 1,000 PPE units to frontline workers in April during the PPE shortage.
• We replenished $2,300 in supplies to Henry Ford Elementary School after their devastating fire in July.
• We provided 380 kids in Ypsilanti with winter hats and gloves.
Like most things in 2020, our fundraising and projects were impacted by COVID 19. While adding up donations and recapping our projects, I had to take a step back to pause.
This year didn’t look like we thought it would – we has plans to do so much more. But…
this mantra continues to ring true:
“it’s the little things that can make the biggest impact.”
Without your support, we wouldn’t have a foundation. Your donations make BIG difference. From our hearts full of gratitude and thanks, thank YOU for the things you did to make a difference.
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by ashleyk | Dec 20, 2018 | About our Foundation, Fundraiser, Programs, Scholarship
The Knuth Family Foundation is a charity based in Michigan. We award
college scholarships to kids who have participated in a sport for all 4
years of high school, AND are strong leaders in their community.
I know that many organizations offer scholarships – this is not what
makes us unique. It has always been a passion of ours to make an impact in the communities in which we live and work. This is why the criteria is what it is: we don’t simply want athletes, though we recognize that being a student athlete is a laborious undertaking. We want those student
athletes who also find time to give to others.
It really does take a village, and I want to be the kind of organization that helps those that see the future and benefits of helping others. We often hear people say that others should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps,” and yet many of those who need help don’t even have boots. For 2018 we created a Christmas Wishes program to help financially-strapped school districts to be able to share with their students-in-need during an
extra-difficult time of year. This is a perfect example of what we do.
We spend all year fund-raising for scholarships for the students who are so willing to give of themselves, while simultaneously finding other ways to make sure we’re doing our part locally to help the future, too.
Scholarships are the grassroots of our organization, we will never quit
them, nor do we want to. But we also want to be able to help many
people, and to do it year-round with focused quarterly projects. What
does that mean? We are still figuring that out. We know that our second
quarter project is college scholarship and our fourth quarter project is
Christmas Wishes. Beyond that, we are doing some soul searching to find projects in the first and third quarter that we feel passionate about.
We are so grateful for your constant support of all things
giving, and hope that if you every have an idea or group who you think could benefit from our help, that you’ll reach out to us! |
