Dear Friends,
The Ministry Office provides a wonderful reminder of the values that I share with my Sacred Heart Community of friends. I am a parent of a former Sacred Heart lifer. Clearly we were involved in the school as a parent. Those 14 years were a wonderful journey for our daughter, now a successful independent environmental consultant. However, I was the biggest winner. My experience as a member of the Sacred Heart family proved to be one of the most important times in my life. During that time I made lifelong friends who share so many of my values: faith in God, friendship, grace, fearlessness and the joy in giving back. Reading through the testimonials, “Dreams do not have deadlines” is a beautiful reminder to me of the Sacred Heart Community.
–Jaye Semrod, former trustee of Stuart Country Day SchoolPoverty goes hand-in-hand with inequality. Not all demographic groups share equal representation among those whom we call the poor or the working poor. Certain groups are over-represented. Poverty, however, is more than a lack of or insufficient income. It carries with it lack of access to physical and mental healthcare, education, shelter, and overall safety. Poverty is neither a “state of...