In a recent Income for Life newsletter, I wrote about our special project to build a pre-school for under privileged children. We have actually been working on this project for several months behind the scenes. In fact, we are over half way towards reaching our goal!
Here is the article that I wrote for our newsletter:
Let’s Help Children for
Generations to Come by
Building a Preschool Together
In this special article, I’m going to ask for your help on a very exciting project. We would like to build a small preschool for under-privileged children. For many of us, we are very lucky to live where we have running water, secure homes, schools, and public services. This not the same for others, and we can make a difference in the lives of many families by working together!
Income for Life would like to sponsor a preschool through RoomToRead.org. Here is an excerpt from the organization’s Web site:
“Adequate schools are often scarce in the rural areas of the developing world, a factor that contributes to continuing poverty and lack of economic development. It is not uncommon for young children to walk several hours each way just to attend school. Many of the schools that do exist are often ramshackle collections of crumbling bricks, loose sheet metal and dirt floors. Although these structures are no longer safe for children, they continue to be used because the community has no alternative.”
It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Together, we can literally build a new preschool. According to RoomtoRead.org, a donation of around $25,000 would build small school in one of these under- privileged areas. I have personally pledged $8,000 towards this project. Many of the Income for Life real estate professionals have also pledged money to this project. As I write this article, we have already raised around $12,000 toward our goal.
We need your help to finish our Income for Life Preschool. Would you be willing to donate to have a small preschool built? How many lives could we touch through this project? Any donation amount would help!
Here is additional info from RoomToRead.org:
“Through our School Room Program, Room to Read partners with local communities to build several types of schools to meet specific needs of each village and culture …
One of our main focal points is to provide access to preschool. Educational studies demonstrate that early learning makes a significant and positive impact in the educational development of young students. In addition, preschools offer an organized learning environment in which small children can be nurtured.”
Imagine all of the kids we could help– together!
I really do need your help to make this dream come to reality!
Our first decision is where to build our Income for Life Preschool. Later in the week, I'll add a post with our choices. In this post, I plan on allowing you to vote for the location. The location with the highest votes will win! In addition, I hope to provide an updated list of folks that have helped out with a donation to our project. I'm very thankful to these folks for their help and support!
If you would like to make a donation, please Trish in my office an email! She can be reached at: [email protected]
Stay tuned to place your vote!
Rob Minton
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