AN ABUNDANCE OF JOY

"What we know is a drop. What we don't know is an ocean" - Isaac

I have said it out loud so many times that I am passionate about protecting the feet of the children with proper fitting shoes. We do this work through Choose To Care(CTC)(choostocaresite.org). This is a nonprofit that I founded in 2008. CTC's mission is to provide a brand new pair of shoes for the children in need, globally. However this is about more than shoes. We aim to improve the students lives, one pair of shoes at a time.

Each month CTC sponsors a public school teacher's classroom, nationwide, connecting with

Donors Choose(donors choose.org). This organization is a trusted teachers' sponsored nonprofit that makes it easy for anyone to assist a teacher who has presented a project requesting resources for the students, enabling them to have a chance to attain a great education.

For the month of March we are traveling with an abundance of joy to Weller Elementary School, Fairbanks, Alaska. Their very dedicated teacher, Ms. Janega, has requested, as the title of her project has stated:PE Shoes For Everyone! CTC is very happy to deliver.

We also use this platform to ask our supporters to adopt a planet friendly behavior. It's important to work every day to reduce our environmental footprint. It doesn't matter how small our contribution is. Thanks for joining toward a better planet.

We appreciate you dearly for your support of our efforts and mission.

PEACE AND LOVE

STEPPING CONFIDENTLY

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let the journey begin! CHOOSE TO CARE(CTC), the nonprofit founded in 2008 with a mission to provide a brand new pair of shoes for the child and young adult in need, globally.

Donors Choose is a trusted teachers' sponsored nonprofit that makes it easy for anyone to help a teacher in need to enable students in every community to have the resources they need for a great education. 

Each month CTC finds a public school nationwide to assist with their needs. For the month of February we are traveling to Harvest Best Academy, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We have chosen the grades 3-5 classroom of Ms. Matthews. She wrote this about her students:"Wrestling teaches discipline and accountability within our students"  "Wrestling helps students have leadership within their own lives."

CTC would like to see these deserving students stepping confidently to find their space in this beautiful and sometimes harsh world of ours. We hope to improve the students lives, one pair of shoes at a time. These students that are gifted with a brand new pair of shoes will have the opportunity to travel to other schools and get a chance to compete. 

CTC also uses this chance to ask our supporters to care for Mother Earth. We are reaching out with a plea for you to adopt a friendly behavior towards the earth.

Thanks for joining our mission.

PEACE AND LOVE!

CREATING WHAT I DREAM OF

"Earth has no sorrow that Earth cannot heal" John Muir

January came around and we are all enjoying the festivities but Choose To Care(CTC) has an errand to run. CTC is a nonprofit that provides a brand new pair of shoes for children and young adults in need. Each month we visit Donors Choose website. This is a teacher-founded nonprofit that allows public school teachers nationwide, to request resources for their classrooms.

This month CTC is visiting Bronx High School for Medical Science, located in the Bronx, New York. Ms Mieses, the Grades 6-8 teacher presented the SHOES 4 BOWLERS initiative. She asked for high-quality bowling shoes for for her students, whom she said deserved to have the opportunity to enjoy the sport of bowling regardless of their financial situation.

We at CTC agreed and it was our honor to sponsor her classroom so that the students can participate in physical activities, encouraging a healthy lifestyle and social interaction. 

CTC is also passionate about saving the environment. We are appealing to everyone to do their part, no matter how small to protect Mother Earth.

A deeply appreciated thank you to our supporters for helping us to reach our monthly goal of sponsoring a public teacher's project. We hope you will come along as we continue to create what we dream of, that is making this a better world.

PEACE AND LOVE