What Your Dollar Buys
EDUCATION
PREPARE 60% OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO SUCCEED AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
$1.50 per week, or the price of a pack of gum, enables a student to participate in interactive STEM
programs.
$4 per week preps a student to succeed in college or career after high school.
$10 per week enables a student to attend after school and summer programs, providing a strong
educational foundation necessary for success.
$48 per week, or the savings from bringing your lunch to work daily rather than going out, could provide
a young student the opportunity to attend a quality pre-school.
$90 per week allows a young student to participate in an English language learning program.
INCOME
MOVE 250,000 PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY PERMANENTLY
$4 per week allows a person to participate in a financial education program for a year.
$8 per week, or the savings from refilling your water bottle rather than buying a new bottle every day for
a year, could provide tax prep service to 10 people. At an average return of $1,943, that’s $20k back in
the community!
$10 per week helps individuals find and keep jobs, and promotes a stronger small business community.
$21 per week provides an unemployed person the training necessary to find a job and succeed in a career.
HEALTH
IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH EXPANDED ACCESS,
PREVENTIVE CARE AND HEALTHY BEHAVIORS
$2 per week, or a soda a week for one year, could provide yearlong crisis intervention and counseling for
a child who has been abused.
$3.50 per week, or the cost of your weekly Grande Latte, can provide critical services to a child or adult
victim of domestic violence/abuse for one year.
$9 per week, or the cost of eating out lunch once a week, could provide one child or adult access to
health care.
$20 per week enables two children or adults to participate in programs to prevent and/or treat obesity,
and the serious health problems related to obesity.
$23 per week for one year, or the cost of becoming a member of the Leadership Society, would provide
prenatal care for a young, low income mother for the duration of her pregnancy.
$70 per week gives a child a health boost by providing six years of well-child visits for an uninsured child.