Summer 2023 Newsletter
Dear Friends of Blessed to Be a Blessing,
Thank you for your continued support and interest in Blessed to Be a Blessing. We hope your summer is off to a great start and that you were as excited as we were with the Nuggets making history and becoming the NBA Champions! But, on another note, we are excited to share a few updates with you from all fronts of B2baB as we continue our third year of bringing equal access to international education to Denver students.
Program Updates
Global Access Passport Program (GAPP):
On May 1, we once again ran our Passport Program with our partner, Colorado Uplift. We had 13 local students from their Advanced Leadership Program utilize GAPP and once again immediately put their passports to use in Uplift’s annual house building volunteer trip to Mexico. To date we have now provided passports and travel knowledge to over 20 students in the Denver area with 95% of those students having already put their passport and knowledge to use!
We are currently collaborating with local high schools; Denver East and DSST: Green Valley Ranch, to have programs with their students either over the summer or during the Fall 2023 semester. We hope this can be the start to having GAPP as a regularly occurring program with these schools. As this is our most popular and key program, we are always seeking additional Passport Sponsors. If you would like to sponsor a local student to participate in GAPP you can donate here.
Scholarships:
The idea that became B2baB started with Shawn’s dream of creating a study abroad scholarship for the next generations of inner-city Denver youth. We are very excited to share that we officially made that dream come true. Click HERE for more information. By doing so, we are now operating all existing steps of our Equal Access Pipeline and are one step closer to our goal of closing the opportunity gap in international education. Thank you so much for helping to make this possible!
We hope to continue spreading the news so if you know any students that may be interested/eligible for our study abroad scholarship please share the attached flyer with them or on your social media. We will be awarding $5,000 in the 2023-24 school year with five $500 scholarships each semester. We are still raising funds for the Spring 2024 scholarships and are $1,390 away from our goal. If you would like to donate towards the B2baB Study Abroad Scholarship Fund you can do so HERE.
As B2baB wishes to continue to grow and remain a sustainable business we are putting our focus on adding additional programs and revenue sources through Study Abroad pre-departure programing and virtual exchanges. If either of these sound of interest to you, please reach out and see how you could be involved. Finally, we are, as always, hoping to continue to spread the word about B2baB so be sure to follow us on social media if you aren't already and share this update, our scholarship flyer and website with your social circle!
Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful summer.
-Blessed to Be a Blessing