Raising Money For The Right Mission

Today I heard that President Obama and the DNC have earned over 86 million dollars during the last three months, a record-breaking number. I cannot help asking the question: How is it possible that in this troubled economy one person's mission can attract such astonishing contributions?

I ask the question because I serve in a small, private boarding school where people work very hard to raise funds that will support an awesome mission. Hear what our headmaster tells the student body is its mission:

 “The answer to the question of how to prepare for college or how to prepare for life is actually relatively easy to explain—to prepare for college and life, commit to doing good work, work that makes your community, nation, and world a better place. Fight for justice, freedom and peace; learn to listen and to honor those with whom you disagree; protect children; honor and learn from diversity; save the earth; refuse to live trivial, confined, self-obsessed high school and collegiate lives.” After four years at St. Andrew’s, he will remind them, “Seniors, you will do what you have to do—good work; you will honor St. Andrew’s by moving out into the world and spreading this culture of good work wherever you go.”

So I have ask, what more worthy mission is there in this country than the one stated so eloquently above? If people want to fund something worthy and if they are looking to spend their money on a proverbial garden that bears real fruit, then they need to look at our country's high schools.

Schools like mine exist to serve a noble purpose and are willing to go the distance to make a difference. Just this week, twenty key administrators gathered for a week to explore how to adjust an already dynamic and vibrant curriculum and adapt it to better understand our emerging global on campus community and to prepare graduates for their entrance into an evolving global world.

Do you want to contribute to something inspirational and life changing? Then why not consider your local high school, your child's or grandchild's independent school, or any school that articulates and commits itself to a mission you believe in?

Thank you, in advance, for your interest and commitment to education. To see how one school lives out its mission, please visit: standrews-de.org