As you should all know by now, I support teacher friends who post projects on Donor's Choose. Our last project to try and get funded was for Shannon Sansom, an elementary school librarian in a central Texas rural district. She posted a project to buy library books with which to challenge her children to read more. We managed to help her raise $1018.00. That's a lot for a project, and we were all thrilled when her project funded. Many of my friends and readers helped her.
Shannon sent this today to all her donors:
"Thank you so much for the donation of fiction books for our library.
The books are processed, on the "New Book" shelf, and are already in
demand by our readers! We are a charter school, and the library budget
would not allow for us to have these great new books if it weren't for
donors like you. Our "Reading Bingo" program is underway, with nearly
half of the student population signed up with the goal of reading 100
books by the end of the school year. To date, nearly 30 students have
gone to the second level, and 4 have reached the third level! They are
excited and proud when they turn in their Reading Bingo cards and
receive the next level card. Nothing can get a child more excited about
reading than to provide them with new books on topics they enjoy. And
of course, nothing helps a student's reading skills more than reading!
Pleasure reading will help boost students reading skills in every aspect
of their learning. Thank you again for providing my students with such
great books.
With gratitude, Mrs. Sansom"
She also posted some pictures - this one was my favorite
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If you were one of the people who accepted the challenge to 'make a difference', then just look at those faces. If you were one of the people who 'passed', then look at the faces.
There will be another project. Be someone who thinks their actions make a difference. I know mine do; proof is in the picture.
