It Takes a Village

I hardly have the words to explain how happy I am.  

I started the DonorsChoose grant to get some graphic novels for the high school library. It was a massive project, over $1300. And it was funded in less than a week. How can this be?  

Because it takes a village.
And people really do care about students and books and reading. 

I posted the link on Facebook. That's it.  I don't have a lot of Facebook connections, but the ones I do have shared the link. And people donated. People I don't even know shared. People I have never met donated.  And a matching grant doubled the money. 

In fewer than 7 days the grant was met, and there is a large stack of books on a table in the high school library just waiting to be cataloged. Kids have asked about them.  I am so eager to get them into the hands of the students. 

And it is all made possible because people care about students.  And people care about books. Kids are important. Books are important. Literacy is important.  And it is a shared love, a shared duty. What a privilege to be the person who get to share that day in and day out with the students.