{"id":629,"date":"2017-11-25T00:38:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundationchristianacademy.org\/?page_id=629"},"modified":"2025-10-20T23:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:50:55","slug":"labors-of-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/?page_id=629","title":{"rendered":"Labors of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Labors of Love<\/h1>\n
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It is our mission to prepare\u00a0hands to serve the community and feet to serve the world with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We believe in cultivating a servant\u2019s heart. Throughout their many years at FCA, longtime students have the opportunity to serve in so many varying capacities, exposing them to many different needs within and beyond their community. We hope they\u00a0will find their own way of becoming lifelong servants. Therefore, as our school fundraiser, we choose to do a service-a-thon, which is similar to\u00a0a walk-a-thon, but provides students with the opportunity to serve others.\u00a0Tuition effectively covers the cost of running the school. Fundraisers are used to purchase \u201cextras.\u201d \u00a0Your\u00a0LoL donation is not only tax deductible, but it is a\u00a0fabulous way you can support the academy! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FCA does this fundraiser every year.\u00a0 Where have the funds been spent?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

2021- Labors of Love funds helped purchase 3 scoreboards and a bus.<\/span><\/p>\n

2022- Labors of Love funds helped purchase a curtain for the CenterPlex stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

2023- Labors of Love funds helped make much needed athletic field improvements.<\/p>\n

2024- Labors of Love funds purchased new playground equipment<\/p>\n

Some of the other items purchased with funds raised by Labors of Love in past years include<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

elementary classroom iPads and iPad sync\/charging carts, large screen Apple TVs, classroom\u00a0<\/span>sets of Kindles\/ carts, playground equipment, outdoor basketball court, security enhancements\u00a0<\/span>(ballistic film for all windows and doors, upgraded security cameras, handheld communication\u00a0<\/span>radios for all teachers and staff), foldable lunchroom tables, and the LED sign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a service-a-thon?<\/b><\/p>\n

Our students collect pledges in exchange for an agreement to participate in a service project at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>school or outside of school. We believe in cultivating a servant\u2019s heart. Throughout their many\u00a0<\/span>years at FCA, longtime students have had the opportunity to serve in so many varying capacities,\u00a0<\/span>exposing them to many different needs within and beyond their community.\u00a0 We hope that long\u00a0<\/span>after they leave FCA, they will find their own way of becoming servants in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other schools sell items from a catalog like candles and wrapping paper.\u00a0 Why don\u2019t we\u00a0<\/span>just do that?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

We could. And we have. Over the years, the companies that offer these types of fundraisers have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decreased the profit margins and often even require us to purchase the catalogs. This requires\u00a0<\/span>you to ask people to purchase overpriced items that they may not want – only for us to receive as\u00a0<\/span>little as 40% of the money they are spending. We have found that most people would prefer\u00a0<\/span>100% of their donation go toward funding something special for your child’s school and receive\u00a0<\/span>the tax deduction. Sure, we could do a walk-a-thon or jump rope for an hour – we just choose to\u00a0<\/span>take the opportunity to serve others.\u00a0<\/span>In summary, this is our one and only school-wide fundraiser. Parents and students do not have\u00a0<\/span>to awkwardly ask anyone to buy anything. You simply fill out the Participation Commitment\u00a0<\/span>Form and return by the deadline. We will also provide an online link for those that prefer that\u00a0<\/span>convenience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, we raised just over $38,000 last year and have even bigger aspirations <\/span>for 2025\/26!\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

This is a fabulous way you can support FCA!\u00a0<\/span>Thank you so very much for your interest and we appreciate your donation to our school.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click Here to make a donation. Labors of Love It is our mission to prepare\u00a0hands to serve the community and feet to serve the world with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We believe in cultivating a servant\u2019s heart. Throughout their many years at FCA, longtime students have the opportunity to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":432,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-629","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7858,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629\/revisions\/7858"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundationchristianacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}