Each school has teams of students (our school has 5) who will compete with the teams in their own schools and the other two schools involved. Kapco has generously given $1000 to each of these teams to use within 20 days by giving it away to people/groups they do not have connections with or by making an even greater contribution. Greater than us: 1000 dollars, 1000 ways is one of those teams. We want to make a difference and impact everyone we can! This is such a wonderful thing to be involved with!! It is so big!! So much greater than us!
Because we just found out about this yesterday, we hope everyone is patient with us in getting started--especially since we are doing this still while going to school, our jobs, etc.
We began discussing how to use the money while at the Bradley Center already. It was one GIANT brainstorming session! We've talked about so many ideas in giving, publicizing, raising support, etc. We have so many ideas! It's hard to narrow down, but that will happen.
A few personal friends were contacted about our task, but the public was not hit by this on day 1 yet. We met at 10:15p after the Bucks/Sixers game so that we could get started as soon as possible. Time is important in this. We sat for several hours discussing a mission statement and slogan, filtering through more ideas of what to do. The phone books were opened and the internet scavenged for inspiration. We set up an email account to work from (wlc.charitablechallenge@gmail.com) and started this blog as a sort of webpage to reach as many people as possible. We worked on getting a bank account started so that people can donate more funds if they so choose. (We'll let you know when that is ready.) We tried to approach this from all angles. There is so much to do and so many people to reach!
One thing we know: we want to involve all the people we can in this. Whether it be in giving time, supplies, money, talent...we know there are more than 1000 ways we can help!
The Charitable Challenge will rightfully consume our thoughts and ambitions for the next 20 days!
i'm so excited to see how this all turns out. i know that we can, and WILL do great things through this, not just in Milwaukee, but in the world
ReplyDeletethis is awesome. i will do my part to love others too
ReplyDeletethe page looks great :)
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