Funds and Owls

Two very exciting developments to report, one financial and the other educational:

1. As of yesterday, I have raised over $3,000! Having passed the halfway point after 3 weeks of fundraising, I am optimistic that I might surpass my $5,000 goal and provide SOTENI with some additional resources. Excellent.

2. As of a week ago, I have a new set of partners in this adventure - I just learned that I will be joined in Kenya by about one hundred 6-year-olds! The first graders of Whiting Lane Elementary School (my alma mater in West Hartford, CT) will be participating in my project via the Internet as part of their unit on Africa. Since I still vividly remember my own "Africa Unit" from Mrs. Pacht's first grade class (the highlight being our flight to Kenya in the school auditorium...) I am thrilled to be sharing this experience with my fellow Whiting Lane Owls.

The journey continues...