Good Deeds International Scholarship Foundation

GDI for Kids (GDI4K)

Good Deeds International, LLC, was created to fill the vacuum left behind of all the inner city programs and financing for our youth. As part of our mission, we developed a program called GDI4K (Good Deeds International for kids). GDI4K includes a Scholarship Foundation and Youth Computer Literacy Initiative to serve our inner city youth of the greater Atlanta area.

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We are seeking partners to participate in our year-round initiative. Partners can help by giving financial donations, laptops, wireless equipment, use of facilities, software, funding, and any other computer needs. GDI is seeking volunteer retired teachers and computer professionals to assist in teaching the classes three (3) evenings a week over 4-week intervals.

While many believe only major donations make a significant difference, a single computer donation alone means the world to a child in need. For this reason, GDI4K has no minimum donation amount/size.

Good Deeds International Scholarship Foundation

Good Deeds International has developed a scholarship foundation for High School Seniors in the poorest neighborhoods in the city of Atlanta. These High School students have to exhibit the willingness and desire to further their education, but fall short of the necessary grade point average to gain a full time academic or athletic scholarship.

Through researching Atlanta’s Public School Directory’s website, we have identified 5 High Schools in the poorest communities. Poor High Schools are determined by the percentage of students receiving free lunch programs. Following is the chart we used to identify the poorest High Schools. The High Schools in bold text are the ones that we identified.

Atlanta Public Schools Top 10 High Schools
School	State Rank	Achievement Score	Point Change	% Pass Plus	SAT Scores	Poverty Rate
Mays High School	42	96.5%	+2	58.0%	869	48.0%
Crim Evening Classes	75	95.5%	n/a	43.0%	n/a	0.0%
Grady High School	92	94.5%	+3	59.5%	1084	48.0%
North Atlanta High School	129	93.5%	0	55.0%	937	46.0%
Douglass High School	291	85.5%	-3	31.5%	824	54.0%
Therrell High School	292	85.5%	-2	22.5%	765	76.0%
Southside High School	298	84.5%	-3	25.0%	801	73.0%
Washington High School	301	84.5%	+8	19.0%	778	62.0%
South Atlanta High School	303	84.0%	-2	24.5%	785	75.0%
Crim High School	319	81.0%	+5	22.5%	756	85.0%

Source: Atlanta Public School Directory: http://www.publicschoolsdirectory.com/

The school Principles and Guidance Counselors will identify students who fall into these categories:

Maintained a minimum of a “C” average and maximum of a “B” average
Applied for College
Unlikely to receive financial assistance
Great character and interpersonal skills

Good Deeds International will interview each candidate and their families to choose which student from each High School who will be the recipient of our Scholarship Award presented at our Heritage Ball in February each year.

Good Deeds International will raise funds by contributing a minimum of $250.00 to each student. We will also encourage others within the Atlanta’s community to donate to our cause. Each student will be required to sell Souvenir Journal ads to go towards their scholarship fund. Parents and students will sign an agreement attesting to enrolling into their school of choice. Scholarship funds will be distributed once students have been accepted by an accredited university or college.

Good Deeds International is looking for sponsors to provide scholarship funds, purchase laptops and software for each of these 5 recipients.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.