Potential Recipients

Recipient Number One:
A plea has gone out to your community for funds to keep the local Humane Society Open.  The increasing cost of gasoline and items such as straw, sawdust, kitty litter and dog food, and the decline in the number of volunteers help clean the cages and feed the animals, has caused a budget shortage.  It appears that unless additional funding sources are made available, the Humane Society will close in June of this year.

Recipient Number Two:
Funds for team uniforms in your school are almost non-existent.  Parent groups and Athletic Team Boosters have spent all the funds they have raised to install a new scoreboard in the gymnasium, new equipment for the track and field team, and a new backstop for the boys baseball and girls softball fields.  It is apparent that the Board of Education will soon decide that if a student wishes to participate in the school’s athletic program, they will have to purchase their own uniforms.  Many of the coaches know that there will be some students who will not be able to afford buying their own uniform and consequently are concerned that will either not join a team or they will have to quit after the Boards ruling.

Recipient Number Three:
April Johnstone, an 11th grader in our school, and her family (which includes her mom and two younger brothers), experienced a tragic fire in their home in which they lost almost all of their possessions.  The local faith based organization is helping, as is the local Fire Department, to raise funds to restore some of the possessions the Johnstone’s lost in the blaze.  Fortunately, it appears that they were able to find temporary housing with a family member who also lives in the community, but money to buy basic supplies is very scarce.  Today the local newspaper reported that it is placing collection containers in local businesses to collect funds to help the Johnstones.