Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Two Easy Ways to Give
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You can make a gift to Legacy by clicking Legacy Giving and selecting "Giving Tuesday Appeal" from the drop down menu.
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You can also make a gift by texting the keyword LEGACY to 243725
What is Giving Tuesday?
Annually taking place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. GivingTuesday was born and incubated at the 92nd Street Y and its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City. GivingTuesday is now an independent nonprofit and a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
Legacy's Focus on Giving Tuesday 2021
This year, Legacy Treatment Services has a goal of raising $10,000 on Giving Tuesday in order to help fund two programs benefitting our children and youth: The Legacy Youth Entrepreneurial Program and The Learning Academy.
The Legacy Youth Entrepreneurial Program includes three different components for youth (ages 13-18) who attend Legacy's Mary A. Dobbins School in Mount Holly: the Legacy Dreamers' Cafe, the Legacy Dreamers' Swag Store and The Legacy Dreamers' Audio Visual Studio. The Cafe is a mobile and stationary food service in which the youth serve frozen treats, drinks and snacks to Legacy Treatment Services employees. The Swag Store (opening in 2022) will sell clothing and apparel emblazoned with a Legacy youth-designed Dreamers logo. The Audio Visual Studio (also opening in 2022) will teach students equipment operation, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting issues, how to utilize A/V components in the aims of facilitating business, and an understanding of the myriad ways A/V use is omnipresent in today's multimedia-driven world. Funding entrepreneurial programs for youth is important, as proponents say that such training can cut down on dropout rates and give at-risk young people a forum to learn academic and social skills and shape their own futures in a positive way.
Specializing in serving students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Mary A. Dobbins School is a state approved private special education school that serves students age 10-21 in grades 5 through 12. Besides teaching middle school and high school curriculum, the school also provides services in areas of clinical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.
The Learning Academy is a free tutoring service open to Burlington County children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Bachelor level teachers offer tutoring in all subjects during the school year and work to increase academic skills, develop confidence and improve attitudes toward school and learning. Each student who attends The Learning Academy works with his or her tutor to develop an individualized plan that addresses the areas of academic difficulty and sets specific academic goals. Due to the high demand for services, priority is given to those families demonstrating financial need.
You can make a gift to Legacy by clicking Legacy Giving and selecting "Giving Tuesday Appeal" from the drop down menu OR by texting the keyword LEGACY to 243725. Thank you for your consideration of Legacy Treatment Services!
