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Walmart and Sam’s Club gifted $3,000 and $500, respectively, to support low-income students enrolled in the program.
Allentown, Pa. (September 6, 2023) – Grace Montessori School (GMS), a nonprofit school and childcare center dedicated to educating students cognitively, spiritually, and physically, accepted a combined donation of $3,500 from Walmart and Sam’s Club. Walmart contributed $3,000 to support GMS’s reading programs, and Sam’s Club donated $500 to be used for the school’s Scholarship Fund.
“We never want our children to feel like they’re falling behind their peers, which is why we focus extra on supporting students who are performing below grade level in reading and spelling with several programs that utilize the Orton-Gillingham multisensory approach, which we use not only as part of our reading programs, but in the classroom during the school year,” said GMS Director Radhika Hoshing. “We’re extremely grateful to Walmart and Sam’s Club for their donations that will support our students and help us reach our goal of providing quality education to all children.”
Walmart’s $3,000 gift supports two GMS reading programs; $2,500 goes to the Remedial Reading For At-Risk Children program and $500 to the school’s Summer Reading Program.
The $500 gift from Sam’s Club will support GMS’s Scholarship Fund, which seeks to remove educational barriers in Allentown and provide scholarships to local families, a mission that has been present since Cathy Constantine founded GMS in 1992. GMS reserves 30% of its enrollment each year for students who need scholarships, assisting 28 families annually with help from the school’s generous donors. Throughout the school’s 30-year history, GMS has awarded over $2 million in scholarship assistance.
This donation comes at the heels of GMS receiving $22,000 in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) funds for the 2022-2023 school year, which were utilized through the school’s Closing the Achievement Gap scholarship program to assist in further breaking down the obstacles standing between local children and quality, lifelong education.
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About Grace Montessori School
Grace Montessori School was established in 1992. A not-for-profit school, and childcare center, we are members of the American Montessori Society, licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, and registered as a private, non-public school with the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We strive to educate the whole child – cognitively, spiritually, and physically, and our classroom environments are large, inviting, and well-equipped with age-appropriate, developmentally designed materials. As an Episcopal School, we value nurturing the whole child by providing opportunities for Spiritual,
Social-Emotional, and Cognitive development. We seek and welcome the cultural, socioeconomic, and religious differences of our families and weave them into the common life of our students and staff.
About Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better – anytime and anywhere – in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, nearly 275 million customers and members visit our more than 11,300 stores under 58 banners in 27 countries and eCommerce websites. With fiscal year 2019 revenue of $514.4 billion, Walmart employs over 2.2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity.
Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/walmart.
About Sam’s Club
Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is a leading membership warehouse club offering superior products, savings and services to millions of members in nearly 600 clubs in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Now in its 36th year, Sam’s Club continues to redefine warehouse shopping with its highly-curated assortment of high-quality fresh food and Member’s Mark items, in addition to market-leading technologies and services like Scan & Go, Club Pickup and home delivery service in select markets. To learn more about Sam’s Club, visit the Sam’s Club Newsroom, shop at SamsClub.com, and interact with Sam’s Club on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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