After blogging about choices, New Years Resolutions and all sorts of motivational stuff, why a blog post about a tiny school out in the middle of nowhere?
Well, Dr. Tae Yun Kim, when she was growing up in war-torn post war South Korea, she had to walk for miles to school, and there was a serious shortage of teachers, supplies, food and pretty much everything. She recalls walking to school in the middle of winter with sneakers that were so much to small that her big toes were sticking out. Dr. Kim knows what important community communication hubs these schools can be!
Now, more than 60 years later and in the USA, she still thinks about school children and she knows first hand how important it is to keep the doors of local schools open, no matter how small or large they are.
When Dr. Kim heard that the Applegate School needed computers very badly, she jumped right in and donated enough funds to purchase 10 new notebook computers!
Sometimes well meaning people suggest she stop going to small schools and focus on big universities.
Of course I do that too, she says, but these small schools are so vital to local communities. They are not only schools for the children, but they become community centers. We need to do everything we can to keep their doors open!
Can you imagine how delighted the children were to have such a celebrity as Dr. Kim come and give a lecture, AND give a big check?
The power is in you, it is your personal choice what you do in your life, Dr. Kim says. So let's act on it and do good whenever and wherever we can!
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