“We are donating in memory of our daughter Mabel who had Down Syndrome. She died when she was just a baby but had she had the chance to grow up, we are sure she would have loved these science projects.”
I told Chris that today, we had to give- donate or do something nice for someone- in honor of Mabel. He suggested that we finally get around to donating to NPR, which is having a fundraising drive. It’s something we should do anyways, being the avid listeners we are, but I wanted to do something extra, something we want to do rather than something we should do. I went to one of Chris’s preferred charity websites- Donor’s Choose– where teachers post projects they want to fund and people contribute however much they want. I searched for any Down Syndrome related projects and found many. We found one we like and could complete the funding for. With a few clicks, Mrs. Hanson’s class now will have a science cart. Within moments we received a personal response:
“Chris, thank you so much for your amazing donation in memory of Mabel. What a special gift to our classroom you have provided, thank you! Your gift will be used daily by an amazing group of students”
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What a wonderful way to give! I also personally really love the science cart idea. I’m pretty behind in my daily posts, but you’ve made me excited to come up with something for my own day 19.
it was really fun! made me think about future giving. I especially appreciated the personal note back, where she mentioned mabel by name.
What a fabulous idea – I had never heard of that website! Off to see what we can do for teachers :).
very cool website- so many projects to choose from!