Monday, April 29, 2013

Stories of Hope: Children’s Lifesaving Foundation

It’s Monday, and it’s gray outside.  Karen Carpenter is running around the back of my mind singing “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down . . .”

So here’s a little ray of sunshine to brighten up a gray day.  Maria D’Angelo, who grew up poor in New York City, became a teacher.  And we all know what that means – so much more than a profession!  Something happens when a teacher looks at a problem – there is both the intelligence and problem solving ability and the heart that leads to a program like D’Angelo’s Children’s Lifesaving Foundation.  Starting with helping one homeless child who couldn’t read in 1990, D’Angelo has now built an organization of 250 volunteers that works to get the most vulnerable children in our society to college.  The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation has provided 45 students with four year scholarships – after working to make sure that the students were prepared to take on that challenge. 

Read more about CLF here – or visit theirwebsite.

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