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How Can We Help?
How Can We Help?
… has been a common question I have been getting lately. While there are several ways that people can help, I’d like to share with you how Echo A. helps us out.
Echo from Indiana has been donating $10/month for the past 3 years. When I go to pick up the mail from the post office, I recognize the envelope that Echo’s $10 comes in. She receives the same emails and updates that everyone else does. Every now and then, she’ll send an email back saying, “Keep up the good work.” Or “I love the Fugees!” She doesn’t expect anything in return for her $10. While $10/month doesn’t seem like a lot, she makes my work easier.
My time is split between fundraising and working directly with the kids. I can easily say that the highlight of my day is being on the field every day at 4:30pm, but I know that fundraising is an important and necessary part of my work. In the past 4 years we have gone from one soccer team to two then three then four. We have after-school tutoring for all our kids with over 60 weekly volunteers, a six-week summer academic camp, a spring break retreat and a private middle school for 22 boys. And the reality is that we couldn’t do this without people like Echo. I know that every month I can count on her $10.
We have big plans for the Fugees! Last December we purchased 19 acres of land in Clarkston so that we can build the first school dedicated to refugee education in the country. A school for the kids who were robbed of their childhood so that they won’t be robbed of their education.
And how are we going to do that? With your support. We need your $10/month. It’s the cost of three lattes, a movie ticket, 2 meals at McDonalds or 20 Honeybuns!
The $10 assures us that we are going to receive a certain amount every month… that we know we have all these supporters who are part of our team and believe in our kids and want to give them the opportunities that they deserve.
So if you have ever thought about supporting us or helping us, now is the time. Don’t delete this email, don’t wait till I send 10 more (because I will), but do it today, and after you do it, send it to a friend and ask them to join Team Fugees.
Sincerely,
Coach Luma
