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GPS Launches the Bridge Fund, an Emergency Assistance Fund
GPS launches emergency assistance fund in response to COVID-19 pandemic.
Recently our world changed seemingly overnight due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We realize that GPS families are facing many challenges, including job loss or income reduction for some. In these uncertain times, we want to support our community and assist those who are struggling financially. We need your help to do so.
In response, we have established the GPS Bridge Fund and are seeking donations from our community. The Bridge Fund offers the following financial assistance for families who have suffered income loss:
- An emergency tuition assistance fund established to provide temporary aid for GPS students.
- A faculty/staff benevolence fund for GPS employees who are experiencing financial hardship.
The GPS community spans generations and geographies. We are united in our belief in the power of educating girls to lead lives of integrity and purpose. We now share this common experience of uncertainty and concern. But greater than that are the values that connect us and a belief that we are strengthened by caring for one another and our hope for a better future, one that GPS girls will help create.
Please consider making your gift today. If you have already made a gift to the annual Impact Fund, we appreciate your generosity and hope that you will consider supporting this additional effort in response to these extraordinary times.
Here's to the Girls!
Dr. Autumn A. Graves, Head of School, and Ali Gant, Chief Development Officer
EMERGENCY TUITION ASSISTANCE FUND
“For so many families, GPS is an integral part of their daily lives, and our campus becomes a second home for their girls. Knowing that some of our current families might soon be faced with having to leave GPS, due to events well beyond their control, is heartbreaking. Please join me in giving to the GPS Bridge Fund to help our girls stay in school and become their best selves.”
—Debbie Bohner Young ’79, former GPS Director of Admission and teacher, Faculty Emerita, current coach
FACULTY/STAFF BENEVOLENCE FUND
“I’ve heard students and alumnae say that going into any classroom at GPS felt like going into that teacher's home. During the pandemic, teachers’ homes ARE their classrooms with their families and students learning side by side. In faculty families, where resources have shrunk and needs ballooned, we who esteem them and honor their calling can help bridge this gap by giving to the Bridge Fund.”
—Jane Henegar, former GPS Bible teacher, Faculty Emerita
Please join us in giving to the GPS Bridge Fund to allow us to assist COVID-19-impacted current GPS families with their tuition expenses for the 2020-21 school year or help our GPS employees meet critical needs due to household income loss. To make a gift, click HERE.
For more information on giving to the GPS Bridge Fund, please contact Ali Gant at AGant@GPS.edu.
Current GPS Parents: More information about the Bridge Fund will be forthcoming.
