“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ” ~Khalil Gibran
Some recent news out of Minnesota shocked me–no, it wasn’t the consistently terrible below zero weather or disastrous snowfalls (I’m actually very jealous of the snow!). It was the news that school districts had been throwing out low income students’ hot lunches if they couldn’t pay the 40 cent reduced price lunch. If the lunches were replaced, it was with a cheese sandwich (I’m sure the “cheese” was a far cry from the real thing), and a carton of milk. I guess something is better than nothing…but students need much more nutrition than a highly processed sandwich and ultra pasteurized milk. These are probably the same students who come to school without good breakfasts. How are they expected to perform well in school if they don’t have proper nutrition? How could this happen in my home state?
But there was other news that piggy backed with this that made me SO thankful for genuine generosity. A tutor in Texas figured that his students were probably experiencing this same thing, and he took the solution into his own hands. He donated about $500 to cover the outstanding balances on 60 students’ lunch accounts so they could once again receive hot lunches in their school.
So…Here’s to the Generous!
Baby Ava proclaims: “Here’s to the Generous!”
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