"What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid-gold baby? Maybe we'll never know." -Jack Handy

WARNING: Work related post...but please read on :)


So, as some of you may know, I'm currently keeping busy as a full-time volunteer with City Year. It's an Americorps program and here in New Hampshire, we work with middle school students, providing one-on-one tutoring and mentoring at schools and safe after school programs and school break camps.

Which brings me to this post...we have winter holidays coming up and we are running a camp for 150 middle school students in New Hampshire. We are providing a safe environment for parents to take their students in the morning and know that they won't be making bad choices while mom and dad are at work.

Unfortunately, it costs a lot of money to send 150 kids to camp, about $100 per student, which many parents cannot afford. So here's where you come in. As part of our fundraiser to help get them to camp without busting their wallets, some amazing co-workers of mine have put together a calendar raffle. Basically, every day during March, they pull a name and there is a prize associated with that day. A raffle ticket is only $10, but it really goes a long way to helping a student get to go to camp. I know this all probably sounds really cheesy, especially from those of you that I haven't talked to in ages, so I apologize. But if you can spare it, please buy a ticket...

Thanks for reading.

P.S. The link: https://ssl.charityweb.net/cityyear/ make sure that you indicate that the money is for the New Hampshire site.

My kids at camp last year on a trip to the Franklin Park Zoo!

P.P.S. The calendar raffle is for the whole month of March, so for your best chances of winning you should buy a ticket in the next two weeks! But you're welcome to donate to City Year any time :) My team has a goal to raise $3000 by the end of the year...