Happy Bologna Days!

I've always wanted to write a brief essay about the fall holidays -- something that could explain the peculiar things like celebrating an unsuccessful explorer and giving thanks to the bounty of the earth, which we have raped and destroyed. But I don't know why Columbus Day is the second Monday in October, or even really understand why it exists. And I can't explain why Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday in November (in the States). And I certainly don't know if there is a good explanation for why in Canada, Thanksgiving is on Columbus Day. Wikipedia wasn't much help. The fact is, these holidays are a load of hoo-hoo. But the dawn of the autumn holiday season seemed like a good time to give some props to this great t-shirt. Happy Thanksgiving, Eh Team!

There Is Still Time

Happy Thanksgiving week! There are still a couple days left before the funds for the La Esperanza secondary school scholarship are due. Give a kid in Nicaragua something to be thankful for! Donate online via PayPal even if if you don't have a PayPal account just by following the links on the site below. Click the Donate button and give what you can - $5, $10, whatever. And have a happy turkey day!

Click here to donate to the collection fund!




La Esperanza Granada (click on Projects and then Sponsorships for details)

I could write for days about how investment in education is crucial to a country's development. I could write about how children need school to expand their capacities to imagine and aspire. I could write about how economies need educated people to make innovative ideas work. But the best reason for supporting a program like this is that the money you give goes right to the kid who needs it. School costs $210, with tuition and books and uniform. That's what I am aiming to raise, and that's what our adopted student will get. Do the right thing.