Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Jane Collins
A long time ago my dad decided to give one percent of the gross sales from his lumberyard business to the poorest village in the western hemisphere. Through a little research he was partnered with a village outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti. For years he sent a check to a French nun down there and in [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Jane Collins
By Laura Bain (guest columnist)
(Laura Bain is a reading specialist in a rural Ohio elementary school and is passionate about the importance of teaching kids to read. She’s also one of my dearest friends. – Jane Hess Collins)
I have the most important job in the world, and I love it. For very little [...]
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