Explain Why It Is Important To Add Value To People's Life

Dear Summit Academy Friends & Supporters,

Our greatest opportunity to add value to people's lives is to help them complete their education and gain competitive skills so that they are marketable to employers. With our strong social networks, they can escape the poverty-environment they exist in. These contributions provide our students with a chance to pursue happiness in raising families, launching careers and building community.

We aid them in escaping the poverty-environment they exist in by opening our social networks to them. We understand that people make mistakes, but if they are willing to buy into our value system to take care of each other, to take care of their children and responsibility towards their actions. We are there with
We no longer can afford to simply give to people. We have to add value so that they can become the employees of our companies as they compete for talent. They also become taxpayers at a time when baby boomers are leaving the tax roles in droves and will need health services. This is a tremendous opportunity for us to transfer our knowledge to another generation. We have to accept the fact that it will not be easy. We may not succeed the first time around, but we don’t give up.

I see hundreds of people every year showing up looking for a better life. I see hundreds of people making the journey and achieving their goals. Our challenge now is to increase this number of people so that they can influence others and become the leaders of our communities as raise their families and provide much-needed labor for our businesses. And remember, the best social service program in the world is a job.

Thank you to U.S. Bank, Target Corporation, Thrivent Financial Foundation, the state of Minnesota and all of our individual contributors who’ve been with us over the years. I especially want to thank our corporate community for joining the fight and showing the leadership needed to take us to the next