Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Thanks to the efforts of a Virginia church, dozens of graduating students are finishing their college education with zero debt or outstanding tuition.
For the last few years, the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria has asked their congregation to participate in a fast for the duration of January by giving up certain luxuries, such as social media, junk food, or alcohol.
They also asked the church-goers to abstain from spending money on any non-essential items so they could donate the money instead to an important cause.
The financial fasting ended up raising over $100,000 – and the church used the money to pay off the outstanding debt of graduating college students at Howard University in Washington D.C.
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