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History of Giving

2007

The Light the Future Foundation’s fundamental giving interests for 2007 included non-profits and charitable programs that focus on enriching the body, mind, and soul of its beneficiaries. We are confident that this year’s gift will improve the educational, self-empowerment, and leadership opportunities for children in the Reach for Excellence program of Atlanta, Georgia. We also believe that the gift to Operation Smile will improve the lives and health of children across the world.

Reach for Excellence

The Reach for Excellence Program is an Atlanta-based tuition-free program that prepares talented middle schools students to succeed in challenging high school and college preparatory programs.

This is a fabulous organization that really is making a positive difference in the lives of young adults in our community.

For more information or to donate, please visit www.reachforexcellence.org

Operation Smile

A person very dear to us passed away in 2007 after devoting much of her professional life to Operation Smile. As a nurse with this fabulous organization that “changes lives one smile at a time,” she traveled to Brazil, Kenya, China, Russia, and other corners of the world as part of a team of doctors and nurses who surgically repair facial deformities on children and thus restore their smiles. The before and after pictures that she shared with us from her travels are truly inspiring and provide a very real example of how people can share their love and their talents to make such a dramatic difference in the lives of others throughout the world.

For more information or to donate, you can visit their website at www.operationsmile.org

Should you choose to donate to this worthwhile organization in honor of the nurse very dear to us, you can give in memory of Elsie Mae Tercha, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania volunteer nurse.

2008

The Light the Future Foundation continued its giving toward programs that help improve the lives of people, especially children and young adults. Again, with one local Atlanta focused organization in the Bridge and one international organization, Right to Play.

The Bridge

The Mission of The Bridge is to improve the quality of life and social functioning of Georgia’s troubled and abused adolescents by providing innovative community based and family focused therapeutic services, specialized education and residential care. For more, see www.thebridge-atlanta.org.

Right to Play

In this Olympic year, the foundation kept the spirit of the Olympics alive by donating to an organization that was started by an Olympian. Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Click here for more about Right to Play.

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