What have you done this week to help someone? Oh I know you are so busy you don’t know the time of day. Too bad you will not know the joy one receives when you help someone. This week has been a good one for me. I mowed a neighbor’s lawn since she is ill and after I did it wished her a Happy Mother’s Day. Spoke with a few of the neighbors and we are going to take turns keeping her yard mowed. I have been helping a friend clean his house and do some major repairs. He has a disability and cannot do the work himself so I figure we have about four weeks (3/4 days a week 6 hours a day) to get the house in order. He wants to finish his basement so he can put up his old train set and that we will do in the fall.
What have you done? Have you held the door open for someone or just let it slam into them, said thank you with a smile to the person who gave you your coffee this morning? Called the waiter or waitress by their name with a smile on your face when you placed your order or paid your bill? Did you tell someone to have a nice day? Have you called a family member to say HI I was just thinking of you and wanted to let you know I love you? WOW, that might give someone a heart attack. Are we so caught up in our own little word to notice the real world around us? Stop and smell the roses. You just might make yourself fell a little better today. How about saying to a co-worker who is having a rough day “If you want to go for coffee and chat” and do yourself a favor and buy the coffee.
The other day I wrote about my two daughters. Two entirely different individuals who want to make the world a better place for all to live in and are doing something about it. I wrote about my oldest quest to help Title 1 Students in NYC by being a mentor and starting a project called “The Next Move”. Since I wrote she has received financial contributions to the tune of $360. Her goal is $5,000 by June 25th. Her goal can be accomplished if 1,000 people gave $5 each or if 500 gave $10 or 50 gave a $100. Last year was her first year as a mentor and was so impressed with her mentee she went out and bought all the stuff herself and held a party for the girl where her friends came and donated items. She saw the need and opened The Next Move to help more Title 1 students. If you could donate even $5 your contribution will be greatly appreciated. I am a believer of $5, $10 contributions. I believe if I have say $100 to donate and there are a few worthy causes who are looking for support I will divide it between the few instead of one or two. I am reposting her email to me which includes a bio about David, the student they have selected to help this year.
If you do decide to make a contribution, any amount helps, “Thank You For Your Support”
I said a prayer for you today. May GOD BLESS you and your family.
Created by Lori Dooley on May 13, 2013
Hi!
I’ve started a program called The Next Move (http://www.gofundme.com/2wov5s), which I’ve told a lot of you about, inspired by a former mentee of mine who never stopped trying. Her efforts got her to high school graduation, where she was the first to receive a high school diploma in her family, and then acceptance into the University of Bridgeport for Criminal Justice. She struggled with financial obstacles just to get to college so I was inspired to supplement all her hard work with the bed set, computer, paper and so on, that she would need once she got there. To some, this may be seen as a small effort on my side, but it meant so much to her.
The Next Move was born out of that and our goal is to provide every student in a New York City Title I school who is accepted into an accredited university outside of the greater New York City area with a gift containing all the supplies needed to go off, prepared to school.
No child should be left behind, but many Title I students who have worked hard through high school to graduate (many the first high school graduates in their families) and get accepted into an accredited university, are. Many times their families don’t encourage them to keep going, or to simply don’t have the resources to get to the next step (i.e. college). The ultimate goal of The Next Move is to ensure that there won’t be a single student in this position, who won’t get that chance for success.
As we are just getting started, we’ve carefully selected one incredible student to help this year, David McCall, a student that learned the fundamentals of hard work through his passion for playing football. We are working to raise $5,000 by June 25th so if you can, please take a minute to donate (http://www.gofundme.com/2wov5s). He really has fought against all odds to get to where he is today, and is headed to college in the fall. Any contribution you could make would be greatly appreciated, and he will be so touched by the sheer fact that you believe in his next move.
And please spread the word!
Thank you so much.
Lori
Founder of The Next Move
Meet David McCall What stands out about David is his determination. When David was a freshmen I remember I was filling in for a teacher who was absent. Usually when there is a sub or coverage by another teacher the students hardly give the substitute the time of day. David, however, was unique. He wasn’t interested in having his time wasted. He noticed that I was there and had provided meaningful work, deciding to go against the grain and ask for help with the article I had asked the class to read. From that moment I felt a special kinship with David though I didn’t have David in my class until his junior year. I found that many teachers misunderstood David and took him for a student who didn’t care about his learning. However, I realized that when teachers took the time to show they cared about David and his success he really began to shine. In my English class David has struggled to pass the ELA Regent. He’s struggled to improve his writing as well as reading comprehension. The extraordinary thing is that he never gives up. With very clear feedback David has proven he can excel. He is a very bright student who makes thoughtful inferences about a text and has developed a strong voice in his writing as well. To his peers he is an inspiration because despite setbacks he continues to strive to succeed. He comes to school every day and he shows up to do his best, no matter what.
If you can help her with her quest to raise $5,000 for David by June 25th it would be greatly appreciated.
“Thank you for your support”
Have a Million Dollar Day!
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