Giving
The New TBS Alumni & Circle of Friends Program
South Sound Christian Scools is excited to announce the new and improved TBS Alumni & Circle of Friends Program. The new program is desigened to plug you into TBS in a more rewarding way. The improved program is designed to do a better job of creating interactive opportunities between you and the SSCS Board of Directors and Robert White, Superintendent. The opportunitiy to create a real connection with those who have graduated from TBS and those who continue to support TBS in so many loving ways can truly benefit all of the kids at TBS both academically and spiritually.
Send us Your Email Address
Even with the education postage direct mail break SSCS/TBS receives it is still an expensive process. The Alumni and Circle of Friends Program is moving to a Customer Resource System (CRM) asa more efficient method of communication. Keep in mind that there are going to be all types of programs, opportunities and benefits to you by being able to respond quickly to you as well as being able to send you coupons, graphics and other forms of benefits. The CRM program allows us to contact you for about one cent per email. We will not sell or give away your email address. We also promise not to innundate you with emails. The CRM is designed to get important infromation to you about the school and activities as well. If you would like to be added to the new Alumni & Circle of Friends mail list, please send you email address along with your name, address, telephone, and indicate if you are an Alumni or Circle of Friend. You can email us direct at revival@msn.com after you fill out the CRM form and either fax it to us or email it to the same email address.
1 Timothy 6:6-7, 17-19 http://www.bibleready.com/detail.html?vid=29795 — “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. ... Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.”
Carry the Card
Become a TBS card-carrying Alumni/Circle of Friends member. This wallet sized TBS card is only $30 dollars but yeilds monetary benefits that will quickly recoup the initial cost of the card. We have designed the benefits to fit the daily, wekkly, and monthly needs of your everyday life. Things you would probably buy on your home, you can still buy with a benefit back to TBS.
Purpose and Mission
The Alumni and Circle of Friends Department exists to build relationships with the alumni and friends of Tacoma Baptist School (TBS) by providing opportunities for their encouragement, involvement, increased awareness and financial support of the university, through communication, programs and personal contacts
Who's a Member?
The Tacoma Baptist Alumni Association is comprised of former TBS students who have graduated from the Tacoma Baptist School, a part of the South Sound Christian School District located in Tacoma, WA. The TBS Circle of Friends Association is made up of former students, parents, relatives, and friends that have contributed to the benefit of Tacoma Baptist School but who have not graduated from TBS.
Endowments
Tacoma Baptist welcomes gifts to establish or increase endowed funds, and grow the TBS endowment as an institutional priority. Endowments are permanent assets which are invested to provide both current and future revenue streams to support the mission of the the school. All donations to an endowed fund remain as principal and only a portion of the interest earned is used for current expenses; this allows the fund to continue in perpetuity and steadily increase in value. Endowments can be established to provide financial support for scholarships, teachers, academic programs, athletics, the performing arts, building maintenance, and a variety of other areas. Gifts are welcome for any of the following current endowments:
Make a Gift to:
General Unrestricted Endowment
Used to offset annual expenses.
Athletic Endowment
To provide funds for programming in support of the Institute for Spiritual Formation.
Gymnasium Building Endowment
Generates funding to cover ongoing expenses for major repairs, utilities, cleaning, and ongoing upkeep.
Science Lab
Generates funding to cover ongoing expenses for utilities, cleaning, and upkeep. Keeping up with the latest lab equipment can be daunting. Regardless if you are studying the Periodic Table of the Elements or Alpha or Beta Decay, you can never have enough of the right equipment. At TBS we want to offer the best education possible in combination with spiritual growth.
Computer Lab
Generates funding to help maintain the TBS Computer Lab as a state-of-the-art facility equipped with the latest hardware, software and tools to better prepare students for both continuing education and/or the workplace. In order for TBS to be known for its academic excellence, we need to make sure we stay cometitive with the offerings of both public and Christian schools.
Personal Endowment Fund
Generates funding to cover ongoing expenses for utilities, cleaning, and upkeep. You pick where and how your endowment will be used. Having the endowment in your family name or anonomous is your choice.
Other Ways to Give
Prayer, In-Kind Gifts, Vehicle Donations, Honoring or Memorializing a Friend.
Tacoma Baptist is recognized by the U.S Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(3) organization. All gifts are fully deductible to the extent allowed by your country of residence. Due to IRS regulations, gifts designated to cover the expenses of individual students are not tax deductible. Gifts designated for restricted scholarship funds are tax deductible as long as the criteria are not so limited that they would benefit only one specific individual.