The summer before my Boston Marathon vision, I worked as an “Education Intern” at a small organization right outside the city that offers free, year-round character education-via-sports to the nearby communities. Being the incredible jock that I am, I was totally interested in helping make this kind of thing possible for kids and knew I could do a great job at it. Duh. It doesn’t hurt that part of my grad school requirements included completing a “project or internship” in the general area of my degree (education). As an education intern (grad school class, check), I wrote the summer camp curricula, which was quite fun. Summer camp is supposed to be fun, so it’s not like I had to be a perfectionist about anything; my goal was to have the kids learn about being healthy, with good heads on their shoulders, and do some team building/cooperation/good citizen stuff. There was also some athletics thrown in as a ruse because no middle schooler in his right mind would sign up for “Character Education Camp.” If you can name one I will give you a dollar.
This organization, MetroLacrosse, needs some moolah, as I am sure all non-profits do. I had to bring my own pen to work! Can’t the presidential candidates just give some of their campaign money to us? The ones who aren’t going to win probably know it anyway and should just give up now so we can stop hearing about them and seeing their dumb signs and commercials all over the place. Now, I don’t follow each candidate’s charitable givings, but their advertisements are terrible (did you see Hillary opening up the presents of “health care”, etc.? blech!) and I really feel they can spend their billions a lot more wisely. And less annoyingly.
For instance, they could spend it on MetroLacrosse, which “Teaches Kid to Stick to Their Goals.” Get it, like lacrosse goals but also like life goals and being-a-good-person goals...and also stick as in lacrosse stick but also adhere? I love this motto; so cute and so true. So I feel good about running for this charity, and I feel good about running this marathon. Is that because I haven’t really started training yet?
This organization, MetroLacrosse, needs some moolah, as I am sure all non-profits do. I had to bring my own pen to work! Can’t the presidential candidates just give some of their campaign money to us? The ones who aren’t going to win probably know it anyway and should just give up now so we can stop hearing about them and seeing their dumb signs and commercials all over the place. Now, I don’t follow each candidate’s charitable givings, but their advertisements are terrible (did you see Hillary opening up the presents of “health care”, etc.? blech!) and I really feel they can spend their billions a lot more wisely. And less annoyingly.
For instance, they could spend it on MetroLacrosse, which “Teaches Kid to Stick to Their Goals.” Get it, like lacrosse goals but also like life goals and being-a-good-person goals...and also stick as in lacrosse stick but also adhere? I love this motto; so cute and so true. So I feel good about running for this charity, and I feel good about running this marathon. Is that because I haven’t really started training yet?
To donate, visit: http://metrolacrosse.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=253234&lis=1&kntae253234=1E4988660E54426DB9B6A0F2C28BD304
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