Manna Scholarship Fund (2006-2026)
End of an Era and A Personal Message of Gratitude

As I sit down to write this, I honestly don't know how to put 20 years of Manna into words.

When I started the Manna Scholarship Fund, it was out of frustration. A 16-year-old client needed treatment and couldn't afford it. She was going to die if she didn't go to residential treatment. Her parents spent all of their insurance and finances on medical and inpatient stabilization. But this didn't get her to the place where it was safe for her to live at home due to her anorexic behaviors.

Through walking with her through her journey, I knew I wanted to help people who desperately needed mental health treatment but simply could not afford it. What I didn't know was just how deeply this organization would become a part of my own life—and how many people God would allow us to touch along the way.

Over nearly 20 years, Manna Scholarship Fund has provided approximately $1.6 million in mental health treatment.

Read that again.

$1.6 million.

That represents residential treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient care, and outpatient treatment for people who were struggling and needed someone to say, "We will help you get the care you need."

It's about the clients served. It's about the student clinicians who came in green, grew to find themselves, and are now leaders across the country in treatment programs and leading others. It's about the network of people who supported Manna. It's about those who learned more about eating disorders and it's roots.

So many people. So many lives changed for the better.

Thank YOU.

Closing This Chapter
In early 2026, a private buyer reached out to me and asked if Manna Treatment was for sale.

After much prayer, thought, and conversation, I decided to sell Manna Treatment. And honestly, it has been one of the best decisions I have made—not just for me, but for the organization and the people we have served. Because of the sale of Manna Treatment, Manna Scholarship Fund will close at the end of 2026.

Manna has been a part of my life for nearly 20 years. It has challenged me, stretched me, exhausted me, humbled me, and blessed me in ways I could never have anticipated.

Manna has been a place where I have seen God move.

And through all of it, God changed me, too.

So as this chapter comes to a close, I want to reflect on those who grew from Surviving to Thriving to Leading.

Over 20 years.
$1.6 million in treatment.
Countless lives changed.
And a legacy we will carry in the hearts and minds of those we have served.

Thank you. You ROCK!

With all my heart,
Dr. Genie Burnett
Founder, Manna Scholarship Fund