But What Can I Do?
Can we all agree that education for our children is the bedrock of our nation? Without a good education experience the next generation will allow our country to regress, to be less than the greatest nation on earth. You might even believe, as I do, that we are already moving in that direction.
When I was a child I lived in a small, poor town in mid-America. I knew that I and my friends were the world's most important people because my town built a schoolhouse that was sheer luxury compared to where I lived. It had indoor restrooms, water fountains, central heating, a beautifully finished wood floor in a large gymnasium where we could play, etc. By contrast virtually no house in town had more than an outhouse for a "restroom", water came from hand pumped wells or, in my case, a rain water storage cistern, and floors were crude boards, painted or covered with cheap linoleum. We were clearly the most important people in town.
We no longer seek to make our schools luxurious compared to our children's homes. We complain when taxes go up to support our schools. But, there is at least one way we can still demonstrate that nothing is too much for our children's education.
Donors Choose is a website where we can help enhance the classroom experience for one class at a time, by donating as little as $5, all of which can go to fund a specific project requested by a teacher in a poverty area of our country. You can chose from hundreds of projects to donate to, and when you do, you quickly find that your donation is greatly appreciated. Some of us have persuaded our hobby groups to "adopt" one or more of the projects, and all donate to be sure those are fully funded. I am an enthusiast for planted aquariums, so I got one of the on line forums devoted to that hobby to adopt and fully fund 6 projects to date, with a 7th now being donated to. But, church groups, scouting groups, social groups, etc. all could do this equally well. The reward you get in how well you feel about yourself makes it a bargain for the money.
Please, just click Donors Choose and see if this arouses your generosity as it did mine. Our country can only benefit by your doing so.
When I was a child I lived in a small, poor town in mid-America. I knew that I and my friends were the world's most important people because my town built a schoolhouse that was sheer luxury compared to where I lived. It had indoor restrooms, water fountains, central heating, a beautifully finished wood floor in a large gymnasium where we could play, etc. By contrast virtually no house in town had more than an outhouse for a "restroom", water came from hand pumped wells or, in my case, a rain water storage cistern, and floors were crude boards, painted or covered with cheap linoleum. We were clearly the most important people in town.
We no longer seek to make our schools luxurious compared to our children's homes. We complain when taxes go up to support our schools. But, there is at least one way we can still demonstrate that nothing is too much for our children's education.
Donors Choose is a website where we can help enhance the classroom experience for one class at a time, by donating as little as $5, all of which can go to fund a specific project requested by a teacher in a poverty area of our country. You can chose from hundreds of projects to donate to, and when you do, you quickly find that your donation is greatly appreciated. Some of us have persuaded our hobby groups to "adopt" one or more of the projects, and all donate to be sure those are fully funded. I am an enthusiast for planted aquariums, so I got one of the on line forums devoted to that hobby to adopt and fully fund 6 projects to date, with a 7th now being donated to. But, church groups, scouting groups, social groups, etc. all could do this equally well. The reward you get in how well you feel about yourself makes it a bargain for the money.
Please, just click Donors Choose and see if this arouses your generosity as it did mine. Our country can only benefit by your doing so.
