“Sharing Our Bounty” with
The Aquinas Center
Snack and Art Supplies
June 2 – 3 at all Masses
The Aquinas Center supports immigrants and refugees in the Philadelphia area through a variety of programs and educational opportunities. The center needs supplies for their summer camp program. Visit https://staquinas.com/aquinascenter/ for more information.
“Building unity in diversity, supporting learning and inspiring thoughtful action.”
Suggested items for donation.
SNACK ITEMS
(Please NO HOMEMADE ITEMS)
cheese crackers (Goldfish, Cheez-Its)
peanut butter crackers
corn chips
pretzels
fruit snacks
fruit cups
pudding cups
granola bars
juice boxes
Ziploc bags
coffee
sugar
tea
ART SUPPLIES
watercolor sets
watercolor paper
scrap fabric
acrylic craft paint
yarn/twine
#2 pencils
paintbrushes
erasers
colored pencils
wooden & plastic beads
glue sticks
construction paper
student pencil sharpeners
Thank you for your generosity in helping those in need!
New TuitionCare Program for Catholic Education
If you could help reduce the current tuition rate for students enrolled in Saint Elizabeth Parish School
by $500 and possibly as much as $1,000 per family, would you do it? Here’s how easy it is: Join TuitionCare!!
Saint Elizabeth Parish is participating in an exciting new pilot program developed by the Foundation for Catholic Education entitled TuitionCare. This program is aimed at significantly reducing tuition for our parish school families, while at the same time increasing participation by our parishioners in the PA Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) Special Purpose Entity (SPE) program.
The program combines EITC/OSTC tax credits offered by the State of PA with a Tuition Reduction Grant provided by the Foundation to local schools like Saint Elizabeth Parish School. The amount of the tuition reduction grant is proportionate to the number of the Saint Elizabeth individuals or families participating in the TuitionCare Special Purpose Entity for 2018-2019. The SPE is open not only to current and prospective parish school families, but also to other Saint Elizabeth parishioners who would like to redirect their state taxes in support of Catholic education.
To qualify to participate in the TuitionCare SPE, one must be an employee or an owner of a business firm authorized to do business in the state of Pennsylvania and be subject to PA income taxes. To understand the amount of your state tax liability, simply review line 12 of your most recent PA-40 Tax form; this amount represents the total tax dollars you can redirect to the Foundation for Catholic Education to support TuitionCare. The state of PA allows for 90% of your contribution to be claimed as a tax credit when calculating your final payment of PA income taxes. In addition to your own tax advantage, your contribution enables the Foundation to provide tuition assistance to qualifying families who struggle to provide a Catholic school education for their children. That’s what we call a “Win-Win!”
For more information about TuitionCare, go to the parish website (stelizabethparish.org) to review a detailed power point presentation and to examine the Operating Agreement & Disclosure documents for the TuitionCare SPE. You can then download the “Commitment to Contribute to TuitionCare 2018-2019” document, sign the agreement and indicate the amount of your contribution to the Foundation for Catholic Education.
Note: The completed documents must be mailed to Judi McLane Neeld at 1373 Enterprise Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 no later than June 17, 2018. No payment is required until the SPE tax credit has been awarded by the state. Questions may be directed to Judi Neeld at 610-793-8503 or
A special “Thank You” to the Foundation for Catholic Education and to the Saint Elizabeth Parish School Advisory Council for working together to provide the opportunity for Saint Elizabeth to be among the first parishes to pilot the TuitionCare Program.