“For it is in giving that we receive.” (St. Francis of Assisi)

On this day of global generosity, thank you for helping us provide the gift of education. With your support, kids in need all throughout Georgia and Louisiana will receive life-giving learning opportunities and hope for a brighter future.

And thanks to a generous $100,000 matching donation, every dollar you give today is doubled. 

That's twice the impact for every $10, $100, or $1,000.

Thank you for joining us!

What does your generous support do? It creates stories like this.

When Burmese refugee Ciin Kiim arrived in Clarkston, Georgia as a 10-year-old, she couldn’t read or write in her own language, let alone English. Ciin and her mother had been receiving an education of a different sort — with lessons in war, persecution, hunger, separation, and narrow jungle escapes. Fast forward 10 years and today Ciin is a joyful second-year theology student at Southern Adventist University, with designs on serving and ministering to the most underserved.

It’s been a long, difficult journey with lots of help along the way, but Ciin epitomizes the spirit of arete — striving to do her best, be her best, for the sake of others. 

They’re not all so sensational, but every Arete story is a story of opportunity and the pursuit of excellence. It's a story you've helped us write more than 12,000 times since 2010, and with your support, it's one that will be written many times more.

Learn more about our work to provide life-giving educational opportunity to kids in need.