I am constantly amazed and humbled by the good work being done by kids. They really want to help, and they just do it rather than merely talk about it.
Just before Christmas, a ninth grader named Ali called to say that she wanted to make a donation to Change the Truth in honor of her mom and give a certificate stating such as her gift.
More recently, I received a letter with cash stuffed in the envelope. The accompanying letter from a young girl named Ashton said:
“For Christmas I was given $25 to donate to any organization. I chose to donate mine to Change the Truth. I was hoping this could be used to help pay the school fees for my pen pal, Clare.”
Last night, the following email from a twelve year old in Chicago danced its way across my laptop:
“My Bat Mitzvah is in April 2009 and for my mitzvah project I would like to try to raise money for Change the Truth Foundation because I have been trying to find an organization that I could do for my mitzvah that would also help make people's life better in any way and now I found one. I will be thinking of ways to raise money. In addition for this foundation being my mitzvah project I would like to be a pen pal to one of these children to see what life is like and hopefully sometime before my Bat Mitzvah I would have the privilige to go to Uganda.
Thanks much,
Sara”
Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to say that there is hope for the future!
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