Giving and Growing

There are many opportunities to give to Grande Ronde Christian Academy through your time, talent and treasure. The school depends on this continued support for its success. 

Your gift, regardless of type, is an investment in the mission of the school and helps us keep tuition affordable. Please take the time to pray with your family about these opportunities for direction from the Lord on how to be involved.

Thank you for your partnership in the work God has given us at Grande Christian Ronde Christian Academy! 

Ways to Give

Prayer

We welcome and value prayers on behalf of the school, students, and staff. This support is invaluable to the success of our mission to provide Christian education. 

Volunteer Opportunities

Active family participation is vital to the ongoing support of GRCA. 

Financial Gifts

Grande Ronde Christian Academy has many opportunities for benevolent giving. If you have a preference, please choose the Designated Donation option and indicate where your donation should be directed.

We encourage you to visit our Special Projects and Grants page for descriptions of current and past projects and for detailed information about ongoing fundraisers and yearly events.  

Designated donations: Building Improvement Project, Area of Greatest Need, and Scholarship

Donate Online

Directions: Click on one of the links below. Once you log in to PayPal or enter your credit card information, you will have the ability to specify where your donation goes.  You may experience difficulty using PayPal with Internet Explorer or Firefox as a browser. We recommend using Chrome or Safari.

GRA Fundraisers!

Fundraising is a great way to support the school and give students access to unique opportunities throughout the year.  It also provides families and students the opportunity to make an active effort in gaining financial support for the school. Below are ways that we can raise money for our school. 

Hoop-A-Thon

Hoop-A-Thon is our biggest student-driven fundraiser. The kids have a ton of fun while working hard to benefit the school. 

If you’re new to Hoop-A-Thon, this is how it works…students gather pledges from friends, family or neighbors, even local businesses. 

Sponsors can pledge either a fixed dollar amount or a per-basket amount. Every pledge counts and brings in much needed funds to help the school. When the day comes to shoot hoops, each student gets 5 minutes to make as many free-throws as he or she can. The basket distance and height as well as the ball size are adjusted based on the child’s age and ability. The EOU football student athletes volunteer to help rebound for GRA students and shoot a few hoops of their own.

You can learn more about this fundraiser here.

Veteran's Day Fun Run

This event began in 2014 and is a family friendly run for runners of all ages and abilities. We wanted to create an event that brought our school families and local community families together for a day of fun and promoting recognition of our Veterans. Participants may choose to run in honor of a specific veteran. This event also helps raise our own students' awareness of the service and sacrifice our veterans have given. 

The 5k and 10k run/walk and the 1 mile kids fun run courses take you through scenic neighborhoods in the community. 

Whether you’re walking or running, a seasoned road racer or using the baby jogger; come join us for a day of fun and invigorating activity while honoring our veterans!

You can learn more about this fundraiser here.

Fill Your Freezer Raffle

New in 2020... when Covid-19 changed the way we lived and worked, Grande Ronde Academy, like so many others, had to change the way we did things. From classroom spaces to fundraisers we worked to keep a somewhat normal and positive environment for our staff, students and families.

Thankfully, God is good! And He continues to bless us, even in times of uncertainty. 

As we cancelled other fundraising events our Board of Directors was considering creative ways to continue fundraising in our physically distanced life. Out of this, the Fill Your Freezer Raffle came to be. It was extraordinarily successful thanks to our community business partners who donated some awesome prizes, and is now one of our annual fundraisers!

You can learn more about this fundraiser here.

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Contact us with questions or mail donations to:

Grande Ronde Academy

507 Palmer Ave

La Grande, OR 97850 

Phone: 541-975-1147