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Thank you to @luismartinezcreative, @avenuemavl, @eastforkpottery for putting together this amazing event in support of ALAS! The food was absolutely incredible and all guests left with a beautiful dish by East Fork. We are so grateful to our commu
This #GivingTuesday2021 we raised enough funds for 3-6 scholarships! We are so grateful to our community and amazing supporters. Thank you for liking, sharing, and donating! Missed Giving Tuesday but still want to donate? The link is still in our bi
There’s still time to contribute to our Giving Tuesday campaign! Every dollar can make a difference in the life of a student. Visit the link in our bio to donate! #givingtuesday2021 #givingtuesday #nonprofit #donate #givingback #community #fu
We are almost halfway to our goal of $4800! Meeting this goal will allow us to provide 4–8 students with scholarships for next year. Visit the link in our bio to donate! #givingtuesday2021 #givingtuesday #nonprofit #donate #givingback #commun
It’s Cyber Monday! If you’re buying from Amazon today, make sure you shop on smile.amazon.com and select ALAS as your nonprofit. Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to ALAS at no extra cost to you! Visit the link in our bi
Giving Tuesday is only a few days away! We are so grateful to everyone who has donated and liked/shared our posts so far, and we still need your help. We are hoping to raise enough for eight $600 scholarships or four $1200 scholarships for the 2022
Knowledge is power, and everyone should have an equal opportunity to learn! All funds we raise go directly toward scholarships for undocumented/DACA-mented college students in WNC. Visit the link in our bio to donate! #givingtuesday2021 #givingtues
Immigrants account for about 13% of the U.S. population (Pew Research Center), yet 73% of farm workers in the U.S. are immigrants. Immigrants are also overrepresented in the healthcare industry, making up over 16% of all healthcare workers, 28% of do
It’s Throwback Thursday! Remember our 2015 and 2016 scholarship recipients Kati and Nayeli? They’ve both graduated from college and are on the ALAS board of directors! We are so grateful to have been a part of their success—and that
For the 2021–22 school year, we were so grateful to be able to award 19 scholarships—the most ever! These scholarship recipients are attending colleges and universities in WNC and studying to be sonographers, nurses, engineers, business p
Giving Tuesday is a week away! But why not give this Tuesday, too? We’re raising money to fund scholarships for the 2022–23 school year to help undocumented or DACA-mented students in WNC pay college tuition. Visit the link in our bio to
In North Carolina, undocumented students and students with DACA are charged out-of-state tuition—even if they’ve been living and paying taxes in NC for most of their life. Our scholarships help give these students the opportunity to pursu