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    • Thank you for visiting our website! You are now taking the first step to make a difference in the education of a low-income student. Your donation is vital to continue supporting our underrepresented college students. The current dire times have proved to be challenging for our students of color. This is specifically true with their educational goals. Many of our students are on the verge of dropping out due to the lack of financial support.

    Amidst the COVID-19, students of color and their families have been directly impacted financially by the virus’s ripple effect. 

    The already financially-strapped students are enduring the financial hardship that the pandemic brought worldwide. The majority of our students and their families are employed in the service industry (cooks, servers, waiters/waitresses, retail employees, housekeepers, gardeners). Earning minimum wage, with no health coverage, and exposed to the virus. 

    Our students are no strangers to limitations before the novel virus. Their living situation was already precarious, families living in a one-bedroom apartment with no privacy to do their homework. Adding to the dire situation, many students don’t have direct access to a computer. We must mention that most of our recipients are undocumented and DACA students with limited financial support, relying solemnly on scholarships and their income to pay for their education. 

    Despite the obstacles, our scholars are determined to obtain a college degree to better their lives through education. Before the pandemic, records show more students of color enrolled in a post-secondary institution than in previous years. On the other hand, they are the ones on the verge of dropping out due to financial limitations. 

    Today, we invite you to support our extraordinary and dedicated students. Your donation will contribute to a students’ education and pay for tuition costs, textbooks, and the internet. Additionally, your donation will enable each student to receive their Chromebook, to have full access at their fingertips.

    BAGSF is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID# 81-0579134.  All charitable gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

    We welcome and appreciate one-time or recurring credit or debit card donations.

    Additional ways to support a student’s educational goal.

    Mailing check – Donation can be mail at BAGSF at 727 Industrial Road, Suite 117, San Carlos, CA 94070

     Employer Match – Make your gift to the BAGSF go even further! Many employers will match, dollar-for-dollar, or at a higher rate, any contribution you make to the BAGSF that means your donation will count event more. Just ask your company’s human resource office how you can take the first step to have your gift matched. 

    Tribute Gift – You may choose to select to make this donation, tribute, in honor or memory of. For this option, please email us directly at bagfoundation@bagsf.org

    Giving Circle – A giving circle is a group of people with shared values that come together and pool their donations to contribute in a student’s educational goal.  Anyone can start a giving circle and encourage friends, colleagues, family members, or membership organizations to provide a scholarship to a deserving first-generation college student.  Members of giving circles can opt-in to receive an annual update letter from a BAGSF scholar. Generally, giving circles commit to raising $2,000 (or more!) as a group to provide funds for a $2,000 scholarship and, if possible, a new laptop computer for scholars in need. 

    Our team can support you in attracting member-donors.  For example:

    • A BAGSF board member or scholar can join a virtual event to address people in your network for 10 – 20 minutes.
    • We can supply you with an inspiring video or collateral that highlights our hardworking scholars or founder, Catalino Tapia.
    • We encourage those who want to start a giving circle to consider creating an online campaign to reach others in your network.  We have sample language at Mightycause.org

    Planned Giving – I would like to include the Bay Area Gardeners Scholarship Foundation in my will or estate plans. For this option, please email us directly at bagfoundation@bagsf.org

    Stock Donations – Donation of appreciated stock can benefit the Bay Area Gardeners Scholarship Foundation and provide you with significant tax savings. For more information, please contact us at www.bagfoundation@bagsf.org