"ONE percent of our annual income to make ONE amazing difference"

That’s the conviction behind our ONE% offering. In 2007, I ran across this statistic, “American Christians give less than half of 1% of their income to serve the poor of the world.” I sensed God saying, “Would you double it—give ONE% of your annual income to serve kids and families in need around the world?” This will be our 17th year and we've given over 3 MILLION DOLLARS total!

How can ONE person make a difference? ONE name at a time. Christmas is the story of how ONE man went all-in to give hope to ONE person at a time. In the last 15 years, we’ve helped families adopt children. We’ve given hope to hundreds of kids in Myanmar and Kenya. We’ve built orphanages and a missionary-training school. Locally, we’ve served families through organizations like CommonFood, Out of the Cold, the Crossroads Pregnancy Center, and the Keystone Alliance. We’ve packed 100’s of 1000’s of meals for refugees and brought Christmas gifts to county jails.

This Year’s Goal: $315,000

We can meet that goal ONE% at a time! Please consider sponsoring a child through Global Kids or giving a sacrificial gift to our ONE% offering. Read on for more info about how your gift makes a difference. 

Give by mail: Calvary, 201 Harvest Fields Drive, Boalsburg, PA 16827 with a designation on your check for ONE%. 

Here are some of the projects your gift supports...

Orphans in Myanmar Between sponsorships and the 1% offering Calvary helps to feed, clothe and educate over 200 kids at four different orphanages in Myanmar.  You can’t imagine the smile that comes on the face of a kid who has hope. Not only do we serve them, but they serve us by praying for us daily! Learn more about Calvary Global kids here.

Food Packing for Refugees We are in the midst of a global food crisis. Right now, over 800 million people around the world go to bed hungry each night. Through our partnership with Unto, your ONE% giving has made it possible for us to pack almost 1,000,000 meals in the last couple of years. These rice and bean meals are distributed all over the world. With your donation, we are able to reach those and spread the love of Jesus. Learn more about Unto here.

International Calvary Theological Seminary Through your giving, we’ve been able to provide International Calvary Theological Seminary with the funding to have our best year for the enrollment of students. We’ve seen students head to remote villages and plant churches, while others have joined established ministries and served with the multiple orphanages we support. Though Myanmar has been in turmoil over the last few years, we continue to see the ministry of ICTS thrive.

Keystone Family Alliance Keystone Family Alliance impacts counties throughout Pennsylvania with their three-part mission: ensuring that every Christian in PA understands the plight of vulnerable children locally and globally, motivating believers to engage in their responsibility to care for these children, and providing Biblically-based resources and material support to help create well-equipped homes for vulnerable children in Pennsylvania. Learn more here.

Christmas in Jail Program Christmas in Jail is a highlight for the men and women that spend Christmas in Centre County Correctional Facility. Each person receives a journal, devotional book, colored pencils, coloring book, a hand-written note, and candy bars! These simple gifts serve as a reminder that these folks aren’t forgotten. We pray that God would reveal Himself through the included devotional books, and that the gifts are a reminder of God’s love for the people receiving them. For just a few moments, folks in the jail can forget where they are. In an otherwise dark, dreary and frightening existence, we can help provide a glimmer of normalcy and hope in the holiday season.

Community Outreach Fund This fund gives us the opportunity to share with and serve a variety of local non-profits that come to us with needs. Last year we helped organizations and programs like the Pregnancy Resource Center, Every Life Matters, Crossroads Pregnancy Center, the Barnabas Fund (helping individuals in financial crisis), and Christmas Adopt-A-Family.

CommonFood gives a healthy assortment of food to families each month consisting of a large box of pantry items, pastry, produce, meat, dairy, and many other items received throughout the month. The recent increase in food costs that all families have experienced makes a significant hardship on many of the families we serve. Your ONE% gift helps provide healthy food to those in need. Visit their website for more info.

Out of the Cold In their new permanent building in State College, Out of the Cold provides a warm place to sleep, supper and breakfast to our Centre County homeless friends with the help of many volunteers from congregations and other generous individuals in the area. Many of these men and women have become part of our Calvary family. Learn more here.

Check out this year's ONE% Offering Book