A Note from The Amanda Rose Laura Foundation
As many of you know, today was the day that we had planned to host the Foundation’s 3rd Annual Promise Fulfilled Cocktail Reception. While COVID-19 may have prevented us from getting together with all of you, it has not distracted the Foundation from its Mission to provide valuable resources to students in underserved communities. Rather than reflexively shrink its funding during this pandemic period of uncertainty, we are proud to say that the Foundation has continued and expanded its funding of programs that perpetuate its Mission. We recently endowed a second fellowship at Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice, which will allow a Fordham Law student to study and implement ways to improve educational access and opportunity for underserved school children in New York City. We have also funded a Philadelphia-area educational organization called Restorative Practices in Action (RPIA), which largely focuses on the development of holistic teaching techniques tailored to the low-income and underserved student. In this time of crisis RPIA has, in turn, used its funding to train teachers in remote learning and provide financial assistance to students and their families for grocery and medical bills. And, apropos of the recent school closings, the Foundation has recently provided funding to the Brick Education Network, a Newark-based charter school organization that has established a meals program for its students who, without their usual school meals, would likely go hungry at home.
The Foundation’s support of these programs and others that fulfill its Mission will not be deterred. We wish all of you continued health and well-being through this COVID-19 crisis, and thank you for everything you have done for the Foundation. To see what we have accomplished through your support, please visit our website, www.arlaurafoundation.org.