The Dyslexia School in Downtown Acworth
Want to support our Ride 2 Read for Dyslexia but don’t ride?
You can come hang out with the bikers, enjoy live music by David Arnold, and have Breakfast catered by Henry’s Louisiana Grill, all for $10 per person (through 3/5, then $15 per person), and then see the riders off!
Click HERE for more information, or get your tickets now.
#UntilEveryoneCanRead #SayDyslexia #1in5
Thanks to the cap increase for 2019 to $100 million, it appears there is still time to redirect a portion of your state taxes to scholarships for deserving students through APOGEE for the Georgia State Tax Credit Scholarship as the cap has not yet been met!
There’s no telling how long this may last, so don’t delay if interested. You can find more information HERE.
To apply: https://www.apogeebase.com/donate
Our 2nd Annual Ride 2 Read is an escorted ride scheduled for Saturday, March 23, 2019. Breakfast, catered by Henry’s Louisiana Grill, will begin at 9AM and the Ride will take off at 10AM.
Last year’s ride, our very first, generated almost $2,000 and helped our reading programs and enabled us to sponsor International Dyslexia Association events in Georgia.
This year, we have our brand new Upper School building on the very site of where the picnic tables were last year! The support of all the riders was a great help in expanding our programs.
There will be live music again this year by David Arnold as well as other activities by sponsors.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE.
Click HERE for Sponsorship information.
We hope to see you on the 23rd!
#SayDyslexia #UntilEveryoneCanRead #1in5
Acworth, GA (November 15, 2018) – November 27, 2018 is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of a unique blend of partners – charities, families, businesses, and individuals—to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year, November 27, 2018, to kick off the holiday giving season and to inspire people to give. Millions of people around the world have participated in the movement.
This year, Facebook and PayPal will be matching up to $7 million of funds raised on Facebook for US nonprofits (this is $5 million more than last year). Whether you have $10, $100, or $1000 to give, it all adds up for us! Especially when being matched! This is also a great way to maximize an end of year tax deduction. In our first #GivingTuesday, last year, we raised $1,870… Our goal this year is $2,500.
In the spirit of giving, we will rekindle our #GivingTowelTuesday campaign to donate towels to Lake City & Acworth Animal Hospitals (one of our biggest supporters) to use for their Road Trip Home Animal Rescue support. On the last Tuesday of the month we will collect gently used towels and blankets to donate to help them help the rescue.
“After an overwhelming show of support from our community during our 2016/2017 fundraisers, we felt compelled to do something to thank our supporters.” Said Kim Wigington, Principal, “One of our biggest sponsors & supporters, a local veterinary service, is constantly needing towels for one of the charities they support, Road Trip Home Animal Rescue. We knew our families would support this and they did not disappoint. We collected over 175 towels and blankets, which is tremendous given the size of our school.”
Those who are interested in joining Brookwood Christian’s #GivingTuesday initiative can visit https://www.facebook.com/donate/567705290358845/.
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About Brookwood Christian
Brookwood Christian School is a private, non-profit, non-denominational Christian school that serves students who have not been successful in public or private schools due to their unique learning needs: individual or multiple learning disorders such dyslexia, reading & language processing disorders, auditory processing disorders, attention deficit disorder, neurological disorders, and other specific learning disabilities. Most of our operating budget comes from tuition payments augmented by the Georgia SB-10 scholarship program. Eighty-six percent of our students receive some sort of financial assistance. Recognition such as this helps with our fundraising which helps keep our operating costs and tuition low.
About #GivingTuesday
Founded in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y – a community and cultural center in New York City − #GivingTuesday inspired millions of people to give back and support the causes they believe in. Over $300 million was raised online to benefit a tremendously broad range of organizations, and much more was given in volunteer hours, donations of food and clothing, and acts of kindness. “It’s been a privilege to work with remarkable leaders all over the country building a movement around #GivingTuesday,” said Henry Timms, 92Y’s Executive Director and founder of #GivingTuesday. “This initiative has truly been crowd-sourced by some of the smartest and most connected minds among the next generation of philanthropists and entrepreneurs.”
It inspires people to take collective action to improve their communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they believe in, and help create a better world. #GivingTuesday demonstrates how every act of generosity counts, and that they mean even more when we give together.
To learn more about #GivingTuesday participants and activities or to join the celebration of giving, please visit:
Website: www.givingtuesday.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday
Twitter: twitter.com/GivingTuesday
or follow @GivingTues and the #GivingTuesday hashtag on social media.
Media Contacts:
Tammy Urban
Director of Development
Brookwood Christian School
first.last@brookwoodchristian.com
678-401-5855
The holidays are approaching! As you shop for gifts, decorations, and more, remember that Brookwood Christian can receive donations if you use #AmazonSmile
Your purcahses can make a difference! AmazonSmile donates to Brookwood Christian Language School when you do your holiday shoping at smile.amazon.com/ch/20-8499098
Just use the link above to link your Amazon account to Brookwood Christian and Amazon does the rest. It costs you nothing (well nothing you weren’t going to spend anyway 😉
You can support Brookwood Christian by shopping through this link: smile.amazon.com/ch/20-8499098. Link your account to the school and shop like normal, that’s all you have to do!
Create a bookmark for future visits – every little bit counts!
#AmazonSmile #StartWithaSmile
Today is our wrap up for #10on1010 birthday celebration AND #DyslexiaAwareness Month. Join us for a fundraiser dinner at Henry’s Louisiana Grill & Henry’s Uptown!
Just leave your itemized receipt in the #HenrysHelps jar before you leave and Henry’s will donate 15% of food and non-alcoholic beverage sales to Brookwood Christian from the collected itemized receipts!
#SayDyslexia #SupportDyslexia #EatAtHenrysOn1030
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Effective September 30, 2018, Publix will no longer use the Publix Partners keychain card. Instead, you need to go HERE and create an account (if you don’t have on) and link Brookwood Christian – Acworth GA to your account. From now on, you will key in the phone number from the account you create for the school to get the rewards. You have to relink your account each year in July.
If you haven’t already, go HERE to link your Kroger Plus Card to Brookwood Christian so we can receive the community reward $$$!
We also take boxtops from General Mills products, HERE is a link to the participating products. Send in any that you have for this year by October 16. Our next deadline is March.
You can also link your Amazon account through Amazon Smile and we receive money from Amazon based on purchases.
These may seem like trivial amounts, but they really do add up! You can track our progress HERE.
