Donations, Donations, Donations !!
Donations to our sustainability challenge come pouring in from the most touching places !
From Walter in Massachusetts:
Over 60 years ago, the Nazi’s made financial ruin of Walter’s Jewish family. Today’s German government decided to make financial restitution for Nazi crimes and when Walter recieved his check he knew just what he wanted to do with it, donate it to Cambodia. “There is no restitution in Cambodia” Walter said. As the proud grandfather of two children who were adopted from Cambodia, Walter has sponsored 30 students at the Grady Grossman School this year.
From Cambodian Heritage Camp:
Last July, twenty Middle School and High School students held a class called “More Than Me” to discuss ways they could give back to Cambodia, the country where most of them were born and left through adoption into American families. It was my great honor to discuss the Grady Grossman School with them. They showed deep concern for the plight of education and the environment in Cambodia, and held a fund raiser that very evening. These teenage adoptees learned a traditional Cambodian collection dance, alongside the Chhyam Drum Team from Long Beach California, and collected over $1,100 dollars. With this donation, 10 students will be sponsored toward sustainability at the Grady Grossman School. Thank you Cambodian Heritage Camp teenagers!!
From Jim and Jill in Wyoming:
A year ago, Jim and Jill were looking for something “off the beaten path” on their Southeast Asia vacation. When Jill asked me for tips, I hooked them up with lodging and transportation to the Grady Grossman School. They endured 6 hours on a Godforsaken road and a meal of snails and unidentified meat to experience life at the Grady Grossman School, but in the end told me “that was the most moving experience of our lives.” They’ve donated the salary for three years so village leader Bun Vanna can manage our alternative cooking fuel program, effectively sponsoring 10 students toward sustainability.
From Rick and Susie in Colorado:
Longtime supporters of the Grady Grossman School, Rick and Susie Grossman, grandparents of Grady and Shanti Grossman, have pledged to support 50 students in our sustainability program this year! This will not only pay for the English teacher salary but also for the creation of a demonstration show with our music class to promote biomass charcoal briquettes in the market!
From Girl Scouts in Wyoming:
Troop #138 of Jackson, Wyoming donated their cookie sale money to the Grady Grossman School last spring. It bought instruments for our music class. Now, they are collecting shoes for Christmas. Kids at the Grady Grossman School play soccer in bare feet, with the addition of tennis shoes we give them a better chance to win and feel pride for their school. I’ve asked the girl scouts to create a scrap book of life in America, because the kids in Cambodia only see the image of America in one thing: the power of the dollar bill. I will ask our Cambodian students to make a scrap book of life in Cambodia for the girl scouts. As I’ve said so many times on speaking tours all across America, “the relationship matters as much as the money.”
THANK YOU ALL!!
Would you like to take the Sustainability Challenge? Sponsor a student toward sustainability for $100/year with a recurring donation for 3 years. Sponsor as many students as you want!
