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Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I understand the protests. Sometimes kids are just the oracle for adult philanthropic aspirations. I can understand how some might question how Zimbabwe became the focus or any given country chosen. There are children in need in so many places. Here in the states we have many that can't afford supplies on the school list. It is difficult to determine which children in which country to help in a school setting. The ones that worked best for us were 9/11 fund raising, even still which aveune of 9/11 to help, fire fighters, families who lost someone, so many different causes.We also did Oaklahoma families, Katrina, Sandy and Sandy Hook as they dealt with children with loss here. We've had the same issues with social fund raising for general funding of things like, breastcancer, heart disease you name it. We do better when we are raising funds for a school family or child in need as there is a direct link. We protect the families identity normally but knowing it is a local family in a catastrophic situation brings compassion and generosity.
Today we went to a massive craft fair near my Moms at a High School. They charge $3 to enter and they charge the crafters for their floor slot. I overheard a staff member tell a patron that this one fair that is volunteered by parents and staff covers everything, no need for all the selling of stuff during the school year. They have done this for 30 years.
Sometimes world philanthropic causes are best in an adult setting vs on young children. We did this with our kids privately donating books and shoes to children of the world in need. Early on our children in Religious Ed through Catholic Charities also did worldly things. It works better here anyhow than in a public school setting IMO. It just omits the feel good for some and offensive to others in an educational setting.
I don't know why, I'm just a little past weird. Although I taught my younger ds to do some work on plastic canvas he made his grandmother a tissue box cover for Christmas last year. This year the boys are raking leaves to make money towards their new fence.
It was a cranberry bread (like a breakfast bread), and it had cranberries, honey, oranges, whole wheat flour, baking soda and powder, an egg, and some chopped walnuts. Tastes good, not too sweet, and it's very dense--I think because of the whole wheat flour.