FUNDS: Widows Fund Mission The Widows Fund enables widows to continue homeschooling by helping them with the cost of curriculum and other emergency needs. Story “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress...” — James 1:27 In November of 1999, a father in Virginia learned of the death of a fellow homeschooling father. Burdened by the family's loss, this father pondered how he could help. He knew that life after this traumatic event was going to be difficult enough for the man's wife and children without the added worry of how to continue to afford homeschooling curriculum. Having heard similar reports in past years and recognizing that other families were facing the same hard circumstances, he decided to establish a fund to assist widows with the financial costs of homeschooling their children. He presented the idea to the Home School Legal Defense Association, who enthusiastically agreed to help administer the fund. In March 2000, the Widows Fund was born—but it wouldn't have been without the vision and generosity of this homeschooling father—the instigator and first donor. The response from Home School Legal Defense Association members, as well as nonmembers, has been warm and overflowing. Even children have generously and sacrificially given to this fund from their small savings. Widows Fund Application (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Apply If you are a home schooling widow or widower whose spouse is deceased and you have not remarried, you are invited to apply for a curriculum scholarship. In order to qualify, your children must be the children of the deceased spouse by birth or adoption and you must have been married to the deceased at the time of his or her death. Scholarships are granted on the basis of financial need and the availability of funds. Please print out the checklist and application and send them to the address below, along with the required documentation listed on the application. For widows renewing their applications, the enrollment periods are March to May 1st, and August to October 1st. Applications received after the deadline will be held until the next enrollment period. If you are a widow with special needs children, please contact our offices before downloading and filling out this application. Give If you are interested in donating to the Widows Fund or making a donation to the Home School Foundation please call the Foundation at (540) 338-8688 or contact us online. To make a donation today, visit our online donation page. Testimonies Big changes, bigger God Suffering the tragic loss of her husband and the father of her two daughters, Rebecca Sater faced an uncertain future. Now, almost two years later, Rebecca rejoices at the abundant provisions of her kind and loving Heavenly Father. [More...] A Father to the Fatherless We found out about the Widows Curriculum Scholarship Fund through a friend at church. It came at an important juncture for us. We were struggling with our choices for education for this coming fall. [More...] “The Lord Will Provide” My husband went to work one morning with no signs of illness and that was the last we saw him alive. We had no warning that the Lord was going to take him home that morning. [More...]   Share in what the Foundation is doing. Subscribe to The Foundation Report e-mail.   « AND »  © Site Copyright 2010 Home School Foundation P.O. Box 1152 · Purcellville, VA 20134 · Phone: (540) 338-8688 · Contact Us