Ava's Grace http://avasgrace.org A non-profit organization Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:47:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 AGSF Founder Testifies on MO HB 443 http://avasgrace.org/?p=475 http://avasgrace.org/?p=475#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:47:38 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=475 Read her testimony here!

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=475 0 Ava’s Grace Begins Solicitation for 2013-2014 Scholarship http://avasgrace.org/?p=461 http://avasgrace.org/?p=461#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:20:20 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=461 Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation is officially soliciting applicants for the 2013-2014 school year.  Scholarships will be up to $5,000.  Click HERE for more information including the application!

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=461 0 Ava’s Grace Announces First Class! http://avasgrace.org/?p=446 http://avasgrace.org/?p=446#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:17:23 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=446 Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation has announced their first class of scholars: Cari Hill of Webster Groves High School and McKenzie Lockett of Princeton High School. Click here for a sneak peak of the Class of 2012. More to come soon!

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=446 6 Welcome to Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation http://avasgrace.org/?p=1 http://avasgrace.org/?p=1#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:00:19 +0000 admin http:/?p=1 Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation is providing HOPE to young people who have dreams of higher education and a different life. Our mission is to break the cycle of incarceration through the gift of education. Beginning in 2012, Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation will award scholarships to children who have an incarcerated parent or primary care giver in the State of Missouri.  
Having a parent incarcerated is a loss that can last a lifetime for a child. This loss gives the gift of low self-esteem, the stigma of having a parent in prison, the strain of economic distress and most of all separation anxiety and distance from a loved one. Society has forgotten about the children these parents have left behind.
To date most of the funds targeting children of the incarcerated are aimed at children age 12 to 17 for after school, mentoring and sports programs. While getting these children through high school is a very noble goal, there is NO other organization in existence focused on scholarships for higher education for this at-risk population – until now.
 
We at Ava’s Grace Scholarship Foundation are on a mission to give these unique and deserving children a path to a different future!  Click here to meet the Class of 2012 Scholars–Cari Hill of Webster Groves High School in St. Louis and McKenzie Lockett of Princeton High School in Princeton, MO!  Caril Hill is enrolled and thriving at William Jewell College and McKenzie Lockett is enrolled and excelling at the University of Missouri Columbia. 
 
This is an educational issue – it is a known fact that education is the key to keeping people out of prison. This is a workforce issue – if we can help these young people learn a skill we can put them to work instead of out on the streets. This is MORAL issue – these children, through no fault of their own, are forced to give up their dreams due to the bad decisions of their parents and a broken system.

Please donate TODAY. Your gracious donation will change a life!
]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=1 0 AGSF Highlighted in MO Lawyers Weekly http://avasgrace.org/?p=413 http://avasgrace.org/?p=413#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:55:19 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=413 Ava’s Grace was recognized as the recipient of free legal services in MO Lawyers Weekly.  Click here for the full article.

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=413 1 Regagnon Named “40 Under 40″ http://avasgrace.org/?p=405 http://avasgrace.org/?p=405#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:01:52 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=405 Ava’s Grace Founder, Stephanie Regagnon, recoginized as “40 Under 40″ by the St. Louis Business Journal (St. Louis Business Journal, January 27, 2012)

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=405 0 2012 Scholarship Application Now Available! http://avasgrace.org/?p=389 http://avasgrace.org/?p=389#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:54:50 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=389 Ava’s Grace is thrilled to announce our first application is now available!  Click HERE to visit the Scholarship section of our website for more information including the application!  Good Luck!

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=389 4 Ava’s Grace 1st Annual “Savor the Flavor” http://avasgrace.org/?p=373 http://avasgrace.org/?p=373#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:50:41 +0000 admin http://avasgrace.org/?p=373 Ava’s Grace 1st Annual “Savor the Flavor”

Twin Oaks Vineyand & Winery, Farmington, MO

October 8, 2011

Details coming soon! http://twinoaksvineyard.com/


]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=373 0 Ava’s Grace “Meet & Greet” Kansas City–9/22/11 http://avasgrace.org/?p=366 http://avasgrace.org/?p=366#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:53:26 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=366 Ava’s Grace “Meet & Greet” Kansas City, MO

Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 7:30 am

Hosted by Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, MO 64106

RSVP to rsvp@avasgrace.org by September 19th!

]]> http://avasgrace.org/?feed=rss2&p=366 1 Ava’s Grace Scholarship Scramble Raised over $5,000! http://avasgrace.org/?p=347 http://avasgrace.org/?p=347#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:00:33 +0000 Steph http://avasgrace.org/?p=347 The first annual “Ava’s Grace Scholarship Scramble” raised over $5,000 toward our first round of scholarships!  On May 6th, 2011, 72 golfers and plenty of great help gathered at Aberdeen Golf Club in St. Louis, MO, for our first golf tournament!  It was a huge success and the weather was perfect.  Thanks to all who participated and we hope to see you next year!

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