We rely on your generosity.

Can we just stop for a second and ohh and ahhh at all this hard work from the Auction Committee and volunteers…let’s give them a round of applause. I want to take some time to engage you in what I’m excited about at Emerald Christian Academy.
Attention
How many ECA alums do we have here?? Awesome, awesome. I love hearing your stories—and some of you have told me some pretty phenomenal stories. I can’t wait to hear more. I have a theory. I believe that people who become educators and people, like you, who support education do so for 2 reasons: 1. You loved your experience in school OR 2. You hated your experience in school. In one instance you want to extend the amazing experience you had on to the next generation or 2. You want to be a protection from an educational space that brought harm to you—and you want to make sure that doesn’t extend to the next generation.
Need
Whatever the reason may be. We can all collectively agree at the importance of educational spaces. We can all agree that Christ-centered spaces have a greater burden to exemplify that which they claim to be about. Christ-centered spaces are not cute and fuzzy places.
Satisfaction
Schools are society shaping. Schools are the incubators for ideas and Ideas are dangerous things folks. They have the potential to cure cancer, advocate for their disabled child, build skyscrapers, organize county services for new moms, provide clean water to villages, stabilize national economies, invent new technologies to stabilize NICU babies, topple dictatorships. The revolutionaries and visionaries that have the audacity to push past the nay-sayers and doubters must exhibit an emotional resilience and a dogged determination that their hard work and IDEA can mean something to the world around them.
My hope is that we are the type of school that is a safe incubator for these ideas that our learners are forming.
Visualization
I am committed to working alongside you to make sure that at Emerald Christian Academy we are nurturing and growing these spiritual revolutionaries. That we show them the that they have all the forces of heaven rooting for them, just as we are rooting for them. That we are determined to provide thoughtful, beautiful, safe physical spaces for them to be nurtured in. That above all, we want them to know that they are fearfully and wonderfully made and we can’t wait to see how they change our lives for the better.
Action
Today I’m asking you to walk shoulder to shoulder with the staff at Emerald Christian Academy. I’m asking you to support us as we enthusiastically research and integrate solid academic curriculum, I’m asking you to support as we blow past new paint and lighting, but think about creating spaces that are multi-functional in supporting our learners AND welcoming their families in participating and engaging in the learning environment. I’m asking you to support our learners who deserve to explore the limits of their imaginations and do so in an environment where we honor the one that created them to have such imaginations. Thank you for the embrace of community that is essential to everything we do at Emerald Christian Academy.

Emerald Christian Academy relies on the support and involvement of our entire school community—board members, parents, alumni, staff, parents of alumni, grandparents and friends. Through special events and a coordinated fundraising effort, we provide a variety of meaningful ways for you to become involved in the life of our school.

Your volunteerism and contributions forge a partnership that guarantees success for our students from early childhood education to Grade 10.

Your gift strengthens our school and is an important investment in Emerald Christian Academy’s future.

Tuition does not cover the actual cost

We are committed to providing a dynamic learning environment staffed by dedicated and experienced teachers. We offer this at a cost that is subsidized by our fundraising efforts to ensure all of our students will benefit from the richness of the Emerald Christian Academy experience.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Our school, like 99% of all independent schools, relies heavily on the generosity of our constituents. Contributions to our fundraising campaigns bridge the gap between tuition and the actual cost of operating the school. Augmenting tuition through charitable gifts helps keep tuition at a competitive rate, provides many important programs and improvements that are essential to successfully fulfilling our mission, while maintaining the small, close-knit community that makes Emerald Christian Academy such a special place.

INCOME TAX DEDUCTION
Financial support of Emerald Christian Academy provides an opportunity for you to receive an income tax deduction on any gift to our school to the extent allowed by the law.

WAYS TO GIVE

There are many ways to give to Emerald Christian Academy—thank you for your contribution!

GIFTS OF CASH
Give via check, credit card, or wire transfer for immediate gifts to Emerald Christian Academy.

Mail gifts payable by check to Emerald Christian Academy, 35582 Zephyr Way, Pleasant Hill, OR 97455

Online giving is available. Emerald Christian Academy accepts gifts via American Express, Mastercard or Visa.

WORTHY STUDENT FUND
Our commitment to provide excellence in Christian education for all our children was the motivating factor to develop a program that would provide financial assistance to those who wanted to attend our schools but did not have all the means to do so.

MATCHING GIFTS
You can double or triple your gift by participating in your company’s matching gift program. Ask your personnel office for the proper form to send to Emerald Christian Academy.

GIFTS OF SECURITIES
In making a gift of appreciated securities, such as stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, donors can make sizable contributions to Emerald Christian Academy and simultaneously derive practical financial advantages. Donors who have experienced growth in their investments are in an excellent position to donate appreciated securities to the school.

GIFTS IN KIND
In certain circumstances, Emerald Christian Academy accepts donations of equipment, materials and supplies that the school can use.

PLANNED GIVING OPTIONS
The Development Office can meet with you to explore ways to include The New School in your future estate planning.

Emerald Christian Academy
Volunteer Opportunities

If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Development Office at (479) 521-7037 or email principal@emeraldchristianacademy.com. Below is a list of current volunteer needs:

• HOME & SCHOOL MEMBER (10 Hours)

• ROOM PARENT (10 Hours)

• AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSISTANT (10 Hours)
  Urgent Need

• SCHOOL CHURCH AMBASSADOR (10 Hours)

• TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (Hours Vary)

• FLOWER UPKEEP—front of school (5 Hours)

• PFE Assistant (10 Hours a Week)

• TRACTOR WORK—back of the property (10 Hours)