2025–2026 Impact Report

Every purchase turns into impact.

$332,000+ given back to the Stuttgart community this year
$161K+ in grants
$155K in scholarships
$16K in community outreach

All of it starts at the Patch Thrift Shop, run by volunteers and staffed by military family members.

Follow the dollar

Where every dollar goes

Spend $1 at the Thrift Shop and here's what it becomes.

Grants & Community OutreachSchools, PTAs/PTOs, youth programs, scouts, military units, private orgs and clubs
ScholarshipsStudents, spouses, continuing education, trade school
Thrift Shop OperationsStaff, infrastructure, sustainability

This year

What your dollars did

Three committees turned Thrift Shop proceeds into support across every installation.

Grants

$161K+

awarded this year

  • 72 grants funded for 50+ organizations
  • Schools, athletics, military units and community groups
  • $1M+ given to the Stuttgart community over the last 7 years
About Grants →

Scholarships

$155K

awarded in scholarships this year

  • 157 applications, up 91.5% from last year
  • Every category grew: spouse applications 2 → 9, high school 4-year 50 → 94
  • Blind, dual review by 11 independent judges
  • $541,062 awarded over the last 5 years
About Scholarships →

Community Outreach

$16K

in direct support to our military community

  • 384 DoWEA staff fed at 5 schools in 2 days during the government shutdown
  • 173 military personnel supported during Operation Epic Fury
  • 21 Angel Tree families received commissary cards
  • $3,500 to food pantries, Angel Tree and dorm laundry support
  • 20+ Hospital Wellness Bags, with the Red Cross, USO, ACS and Religious Support Office
About Outreach →

The engine behind it all

The Patch Thrift Shop

Every item donated, sorted, priced and sold funds the work above. When you shop, donate or volunteer, you're part of it.

Visit the Thrift Shop
+14.6%sales growth, best Jun–Mar in 4 years
$47,397record October, the highest month in 4 years
72¢of every dollar returned to the community
$375Kgenerated, June through April

A map of our community

Who our grants reached

50+ organizations across schools, athletics, military units and community groups.

See the organizations funded this year

Schools & PTAs

  • SHS PTO
  • Patch PTA
  • Patch MS PTSA
  • Patch ES PTA
  • Patch Middle School
  • Robinson Barracks Elementary

Military units

  • MARFOREUR/AF
  • SOCAF
  • USEUCOM J-3
  • USO Stuttgart
  • Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Det.
  • Child and Youth Services

Student clubs & athletics

  • SHS National Honor Society
  • SHS Science NHS
  • SHS Model UN
  • SHS Music Boosters
  • SHS AP Studio Art
  • SHS STEMposium
  • SHS Int'l Student Leadership
  • SHS Junior Class
  • Dance, Cheer & Tennis
  • Volleyball & Wrestling
  • Basketball & Soccer
  • Baseball, Track & Marksmanship
  • Stuttgart Girls Softball
  • Stuttgart Piranhas Swim Club
  • Zumwalt Ball Committee

Community & scouts

  • AWAG
  • AHC Stuttgart Social Committee
  • Black Forest Quilt Guild
  • Club Beyond
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
  • Museum of the American Military Family
  • Girl Scouts (Stuttgart Troops)
  • Cub Scout Pack 324
  • Boy Scout Troop 154
  • Scouting America Troop 44
  • Troop 519
  • Sitzmarkers Ski Club

None of this happens without you

Powered by volunteers

7,302+volunteer hours across SCSC
1,000+hours in Grants, Scholarships & Outreach
262members strong
10active Special Interest Groups

Dig deeper

Full impact reports

The complete story, slide by slide.

2025–2026 Impact ReportWith voiceover PDF 2023–2024 Impact ReportPrevious year's report PDF

In the news

What local media have said about SCSC.

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