ODFL February 2019 Newsletter
People have asked for a shorter, more frequent newsletter, something they can read in three minutes. This is it. Let us know what you think!
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Is this The Most Generous High School in America?
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Students at Gahr High School in Cerritos (Los Angeles), CA have helped build classrooms in South Africa, medical clinics in Nepal, a water well in Malawi, and more. This year, they decided to go big.
Mr. Velez, Gahr’s Activities Director, challenged the school to fund an entire classroom in Nicaragua. It was a huge stretch. Gahr has 1,900 students and the classroom cost $8,400. But they did it. How?
- Mr. Sanchez promised to do one pushup for every dollar his students donated. They donated $2,000, and he did the pushups!
- ASB auctioned off an hour of tutoring by the school’s Harvard-bound senior.
- Ms. Grover got the local city council to donate $500 to encourage student activism.
The school raised $8,500. It’s the most that any high school has ever raised for ODFL. We will break ground on “their” classroom in March. Gahr, you are a model for the entire country. Thank You!
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Can a TOWN build a classroom? It CAN!
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Students in Los Altos, CA have challenged everyone in their town to donate one dollar to build a classroom at the Ngungu school in Kirinyaga, Kenya.
Watch the super, one-minute video below, made by a student, inviting the whole town to join.
This is compassion, imagination, and courage all rolled into one.
THANK YOU, LOS ALTOS STUDENTS!
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Help us build this library in Nepal!
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We are building a new library at the Seti Devi School in Nepal. Last year, we helped fund a new science lab at the school. It was so successful!
To learn more about this project, click
here
, or watch the beautiful video, below.
If you are able,
please help
with a $1 donation. That's our model: if we each do the smallest bit, but all do it, the effect is enormous. It works!
To donate
, click the button below, text NEPALLIBRARY to 71777 or Venmo @OneDollarForLife
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Ivory Coast:
ODFL is
funding a project
to bring electricity to the Karat school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa. The school serves 500 students and adults in the local community.
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Ecuador
: We are working with Green Empowerment to replace a community water system that was damaged in the 2016 earthquake.
Go here
to learn more.
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Social Media:
“Likes” for ODFL’s Facebook page have quadrupled in the past three months. To follow our work in 13 countries, click
here.
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Final Word
We are bigger when we help others and we feel ecstatic when we see our
efforts making the world a better place.
The idea is so simple: If we all do the smallest bit, but all do it, the effect is enormous.
It’s working.
We’ve now completed
107 projects
in 13 of the poorest countries in the world.
If you or your organization want to make the world a better place, let us know. We will help you become the hero you want to be. Email
info@odfl.org
Thank you if you’ve already donated! The world is a better place because of you.
Yours in a Better World,
ODFL
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One Dollar For Life
odfl.org
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