Washington, DC – The I. A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation of St. Paul, MN recently announced the award of a new grant of $100,000 to the Lasallian Volunteers (LVs). The foundation supports high quality education that prepares students, especially at the middle school level, in disadvantaged communities for educational and life success. The second LV grant follows the original award of a multi-year $300,000 challenge grant made in 2004 and successfully matched ahead of schedule.
The Lasallian Volunteers are dedicated, well-trained men and women who provide at least one years of service to schools and agencies of the De La Salle Christian Brothers whose mission is to serve the poor. The Volunteers empower the poor by personalized service primarily through education.
| "The new grant underlines the success of the LVs" |
In providing the additional money, the foundation recognized the effectiveness of the Lasallian Volunteer service, encouraging a further expansion in the number of volunteers, in the program’s infrastructure and in fundraising. The Foundation highlighted the desire to accelerate the five-year growth plan (to 2009) that proposed to double the number of volunteers, to increase their training, and to develop the organizational structures for continuing their work into the future.
“The new grant underlines the success of the LVs and enables greater speed in supplying more of the volunteers requested by the schools. It also supports us in our efforts to identify additional resource streams,” maintains Director, Alisa Macksey.
She added, “On a daily basis, we see the impact of the Lasallian Volunteers on the lives of individual children. We are delighted by the I. A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation’s powerful acknowledgement of the valuable work they do. Their endorsement will greatly accelerate our growth.”
This second grant is a direct award, a leadership investment in the next stage of LV growth. It will enable the Lasallian Volunteers to increase both the amount and the quality of their service to at-risk students and their families. It will also prompt wider, deeper circles of support to justify the Foundation’s confidence and sustain expanded LV service in the years ahead.
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