Thanksgiving reminds us of what issues most: household, perseverance, and the ability of group. That gratitude will be forwarded on Giving Tuesday on Dec. 2 with a present to the Arkansas Single Guardian Scholarship Fund (ASPSF).
Giving Tuesday donations to the 501(c)(3) group are tax-deductible and will likely be matched greenback for greenback due to beneficiant nameless supporters. Which means any present will go twice as far in serving to native single mother and father proceed their schooling, strengthen their incomes energy, and construct brighter futures for his or her youngsters.
Fall 2025 recipient Destinee Savage and household acknowledged at fall scholarship ceremony.
“I actually admire your help, which is able to tremendously assist me pursue my schooling and targets,” fall 2025 recipient Destinee Savage mentioned. “Your beneficiant contribution motivates me to work arduous and excel in my research. I’m grateful for this chance and sit up for benefiting from it!”
Savage of Cross County is pursuing an affiliate diploma in enterprise at East Arkansas Group Faculty. Presently working at a behavioral well being supplier, her aim is to advance her profession together with her new diploma so she will earn a better wage and be a job mannequin to her son.
Destinee Savage and her son at fall 2025 scholarship ceremony.
“Balancing my research whereas supporting my son has been difficult, however I refuse to let negativity have an effect on me,” she mentioned. “I’ll proceed to put on a smile and set a optimistic instance for him. Sooner or later, he’ll be capable to say that his mom didn’t surrender; as an alternative, she sought assist from a group of people in related conditions and constructed a powerful basis of help.”
Funds raised on Giving Tuesday assist present greater than tuition help to assist single mum or dad college students like Savage. ASPSF scholarships assist recipients cowl important wants that usually derail their educational progress, similar to dependable transportation, baby care gaps, expertise for on-line lessons, and surprising emergencies. Each greenback helps a mum or dad keep in class and on monitor to graduate.
This 12 months, ASPSF awarded over 1,300 scholarships totaling $1.8 million this 12 months throughout 69 counties in Arkansas, together with Bowie County, Texas. Together with monetary help, employees and volunteers present mentoring, profession teaching, and workshops to assist recipients stability college, work, and parenting.
These single mum or dad scholarships are made doable due to beneficiant donors, organizations, colleges, companies, and foundations who imagine within the unbelievable energy of schooling.
Giving Tuesday donations could also be made on-line at aspsf.org/givingtuesday, by telephone at 501-858-2010, or by mail at 2102 Riverfront Drive, Ste. 102, Little Rock, AR 72202.
