Christmas Joy Offering helps Menaul Students to Overcome Walls
Please make your donation by Sunday, December 18!
Samual Polanco is no stranger to the power of walls.
Samual, a 2022 graduate of the Menaul School — a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related, grades 6–12 college preparatory school in Albuquerque, New Mexico — has known and seen walls, both literal and figurative, that separated him and others throughout his life. Now, he credits his experience at Menaul as being instrumental in breaking down life’s many barriers.
His education at Menaul was made possible, in part, by gifts to the PC(USA)’s Christmas Joy Offering, which helps provide scholarships to students. A Presbyterian tradition since the 1930s, the annual offering distributes gifts equally to the Assistance Program of the Board of Pensions and to Presbyterian-related schools and colleges equipping communities of color. Menaul’s student body is currently represented by 21 different countries.
“When I first came to Menaul, I was able to explore the ideas I wanted to explore, learn what I wanted to learn and just be myself. And that’s what Menaul has done for all of us. We can just be ourselves here,” Samual said.
You can donate by making a check out to the Presbyterian Church in Morristown with a note for “Christmas Joy”. Checks should be mailed to the Parish House at 65 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960.
You can also donate through Breeze by choosing the “Make Your Christmas Joy Offering” below.
