Mindful Musings

Here is what I need them for. I was listening to NPR in the car this afternoon and they were talking about schools (somewhere in the country, im not sure where) where school teachers were looking for donations from the community to get supplies for their classes because they simply did not have money in their budgets to buy extra supplies. I am thinking of starting a blog/ad board for school teachers nationwide to look for extra donations, funds and supplies for their classroom activities. The donors could be everyday people looking to do a good deed, people with extra supplies they want to get rid of, or companies looking for a good way to spend tax-free dollars and get some extra publicity for it. This could really help out school districts in their time of financial crisis. I am thinking that there could be a signup for schools and a signup for donators and we could split the schools (for the time being) by zip code within the US. There are lots of possibilities for this project and the final goal will still be getting the funds and supplies to the students. I am proposing a completely non-profit organization. I am sure that this lofty goal will be impossible for me to reach alone and thats why I am looking for a couple of people to share this burden with me and give it a shot. Startup should be relatively inexpensive. Please let me know what you think. I need to bounce around some ideas and get some feedback from my readers (many of whom I know, are resourceful and are civic minded) Let us make good of this time of joy and bring some charity to our own homes (and schools in this case, bad use of the quote but oh well)!