the Angel fund
The Angel Fund is a permanent endowment with the purpose of providing school district 2 middle and high school students in need with the tools and basic necessities to remain and succeed in school. The fund helps students with needs ranging from school supplies to class fees to bus passes to clothes to food, whatever it takes to help these children stay in school. Angel funds are a mechanism to support a wide range of student needs that allow students to focus on their education and work towards a successful future.
As one principal said, "We are literally keeping children in school because of the Angel Fund."
FUND FACTS:
- Personnel from each school identify appropriate students to receive assistance in the form of gift certificates, goods, vouchers, or services. No child receives cash.
- Endowment draws will be dispersed to each school’s individual account allowing for immediate assistance.
- 99% of funds go right to the students.
- Gifts are tax deductible and gifts greater than $1,000 are eligible for the Montana tax credit.
some of the needs met through the angel fund:
- A homeless student struggling to see the board in class received glasses
- A student wearing a blanket to school on cold days received a new warm jacket
- A financially insecure student received payment for his final HiSet (GED) test
- A student with one set of clothes received new clothes so he was able to change and wash
- A homeless couch surfing student received bus passes so wherever he was he could get to school
- A student whose bike (his only transportation) was stolen received a new used bike and lock
- A financially struggling student at the career center had his lab fees paid
- A student failing P.E. class because he could not dress out received P.E. clothes
- A student wearing jeans to track practice received new shorts and shoes and had his participation fee paid