We at The Albert Baker Fund love supporting our scholarship recipients, and contributions from our generous donors  make it all possible.  We couldn’t be more grateful!  We’ve been able to bless 407 students this year, here in the United States, as well as in Europe, Canada, the Philippines, and eleven countries in Africa.  Your generosity is blessing the world through our dear scholarship recipients!

I suspect you might have a good idea of how much it means to our students of Christian Science to receive a scholarship that allows them to further their education. But we thought you’d enjoy hearing straight from the students:

“I truly cannot put into words how grateful I am for The Albert Baker Fund’s support over these last four years. My college experience would not have been possible for me or my family without your continued support and encouragement.”

“I appreciate all of ABF’s work not just in my own life but in everyone else’s who you all have helped. It means a lot. You are a great organization.”

“I am deeply grateful for The Albert Baker Fund’s support, which allowed me to pursue my graduate degree while balancing my commitments as a faculty member, study abroad director, and parent.  This journey has reinforced my commitment to education as a force for good, and I look forward to paying forward the generosity I have received by mentoring and supporting future scholars in their own transformative learning paths.” 

And from a Christian Science nursing student in Africa:  “Your financial aid has relieved a significant burden off my shoulders, enabling me to focus on my academics without excess financial strain.  I assure you that I am making the utmost use of this aid and striving towards academic excellence.  I truly appreciate your trust and confidence in me.”

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These are just a few examples of the gratitude from the very students you help support.  We are so grateful to you for being the foundation of our efforts to invest in the education of Christian Science students.

Thank you for your essential role in helping us fulfill our mission!

Gratefully,

Sue Ellen Coughtry l Chief Advancement Officer

The Albert Baker Fund
111 Woodmere Road, Suite 210
Folsom, CA 95630
Office: 916.594.9513
sueellen.coughtry@albertbakerfund.org

Meet three students who were able to stay in school this year because of an Albert Baker Brotherly Love scholarship–Brittany Barthelmess, Josh Aleman, and Zach Schueller. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the fund– your gifts have truly made a difference for young Christian Scientists!

“My gratitude to God really knows no bounds; so is my gratitude to The Albert Baker Fund (ABF). I wrote an article in the Christian Science Journal called God has a beautiful plan. The gratitude I had for all the things that were happening in my life
then has even increased over the years through the different trials and victories over sin, disease and death. I still relate to that article and have an even firmer belief in stating that God really does have a beautiful plan for me.

Emmeline Quist
Ashesi University College, 2013

“I am very grateful to ABF for playing a very huge part in my life progress. God really does know how to position people in your life at strategic points in time. The ABF came into my life just when I felt all hope was lost for me getting a good education, and more importantly, getting it at the right time. I basically had no hope of going to Ashesi University; the best and highest paid private university in Ghana. Attending Ashesi meant that I had the opportunity to go to school in what is considered the “Ivy League” college of Africa, without having to travel abroad. It also meant that I was going to be paying a lot of money for school fees which I knew my family could not afford.

“After looking at the pros and cons of attending the school, my human mind finally came to the conclusion that although the pros were very attractive, the cons outweighed them drastically. I mean how in this world was I going to afford that? Since the application forms to the other schools were sold out, I decided it was best to forget about attending any university that year and to wait patiently for the next year to begin applying for other schools.

“It seems that God had an even better plan for me. He answered my question of how I could afford to attend my dream school–He made it possible for ABF to come to Ghana!  ABF has been my safety net for my entire four years in school, always there for me and never letting me suffer or worry during my academic journey. I had a secure education. It has been a four year strong relationship with ABF and as the years went by, the love between us increased. It was like there was an unspoken family bond between me and ABF; we were one big happy family.

“Five years later, and I am doing my national service in a start-up company that is one of the most respected business marketers in Ghana, working as the CEO’s Executive Assistant and in human resources for the company. National service is a mandatory one year service to Ghana required of graduates in my country. I am able to demonstrate my knowledge of God through Christian Science in my journey through the corporate world. I am better equipped to take on the working world though the education received from Ashesi which was made possible through God and ABF.

“I remain humbled and very grateful. I am inspired by the generosity of donors to the ABF who make it possible for people like me to have a better shot at the opportunity to receive good education and I promise to work very hard to assist the Fund and give back to the community. I hope that as I venture through my professional career and life I will be able to help other students achieve their goals, just as ABF has helped me in achieving mine.”

Emmeline Quist lives and works in Accra, Ghana