Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don’t live in a world all of your own.
– Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian theologian, philosopher, physician, musician, and recipient of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize
This past Saturday was Jacob’s middle school’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the annual Celebrate Portola dinner and auction, featuring the Portola Jazz Band. I was out-of-town on business last year, so I was happy to be able to participate this time around. Our middle school is not the typical three years; it only has seventh and eighth grades. To boot, the kids are in portables for the second year in a row. The school buildings, which were found to be on an active slide, were razed last year. It took far longer than it should have taken because of political issues to find a new site, which contributed to the school’s languishing reputation.
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