I warned you! My fundraising page is officially up and running and I am ready to start taking donations and cranking out miles. Check it out here! This is decidedly the most ambitious endeavor I have ever taken on, so it is only fitting that my fundraising goal be just as ambitious. I aim to raise $7,500 for Bottom Line by April.
If you have read my posts in the past, you already know how deeply I care about Bottom Line and the work that we do with our students. To me, there is nothing more important than making sure our young people have the resources and support that they need to make it to college.
I see education as an investment. It's a financial and metaphorical investment made by students who pour years of their time and energy into their dream of having a better future. Teachers, families, and counselors invest their time and resources to fuel a budding passion for chemistry, or the arts, and help each student find the right path. But I believe the kind of large-scale educational success that Bottom Line works toward also requires investment from the wider community: You. Our collective future depends on these students. They will be the next politicians, environmentalists, philosophers and entrepreneurs. Having a college degree will certainly benefit those individual students, but having a college-educated workforce will benefit all of us in the long run. I am asking you to support me in this endeavor because I believe that education is the one investment we cannot afford not to make.
But enough from me. You've heard my side of the story. If you have a few minutes, check out this compilation of thank-yous from the Bottom Line high school class of 2012. They speak for themselves.
