Why are we doing this anyway?

Our goal for this auction is to raise $5150--two full semester's worth of BYU tuition--for our Replenishment Grant fund, which goes to BYU students from the Kansas City area who need our help to finish their education.  Almost always they are upperclassmen who are supporting themselves and it really makes a difference in their lives. It is called a Replenishment Grant because it is given in the spirit of the Perpetual Education Fund, and the recipients are asked to pay the fund back when and if they can so that others coming behind them can receive the same benefit they did.  Last academic year, we were able to offer 4 students grants and we would love to expand this to even more students.  We always have many more applications than grants available.  One past recipient is Whitney.  This is what she says about receiving the grant:

I received the Kansas City Alumni Replenishment Grant as a pregnant student trying to complete my last semester-and-a-half of school, which included an unpaid internship with a nonprofit organization. Knowing we wanted to pursue medical training, my husband and I had made it a goal to finish our undergraduate degrees without debt. I can still remember the great gratitude and relief I felt when I was awarded the grant money -- it was truly an answer to my prayers that not only helped us financially, but provided me with relief and boosted my confidence. It showed me that Heavenly Father knows us as individuals and He cares about our well-being, happiness and even our self-confidence. I am forever grateful for the education I received and the means by which I attained it. I look forward to contributing to the replenishment grant and paying forward the help that made such a difference to me.