This year I was asked to write a little something about why the Island School was so important to our family to encourage people to donate to the Annual Fund.  Sounds easy, right?  We LOVE it and are so incredibly blessed to have our kids be getting this education and more than that, the foundation for just being great people. 
As I sat down to write, though, I realized that it really is hard to put into words what this school means to our family.
Dee and I have made life long friends with other parents and the faculty, the boys have become amazing, confident, free thinking little people, Erin already thinks it’s her school and feels welcome to snuggle up on a couch and read and ALL of our foster babies have been showered with love there.
I can’t imagine being anywhere else and feeling the same way. 
So what does it take to get people to contribute?  That’s my question.  I want what I write to inspire.  This school has 100% of the Board and faculty contributing but it’s always like pulling teeth to get donations from the parents.  That I just don’t get.  It’s not about the amount (of course the bigger the better, right!?) but participation.