JOSEPH COOK ELEMENTARY

A fundraising effort for Joseph Cook Elementary school in Syracuse, Utah is our first project!  Joseph Cook is my grandfather.  Hence, we’re focusing on his school for our first project.

Joseph Cook Elementary
A wonderful grandpa and man! Cook Elementary in Syracuse, Utah, is named after him.

First of all, we are raising money for some new playground tables and chairs for Joseph Cook Elementary in Syracuse, Utah!  Family members are contributing funds for the next 30 days.

While all kids love recess, they don’t all participate in it in the same way.  Children can use these tables and chairs at recess.  Like the principal says, “Not every child wants to play dodge ball or soccer at recess.  Some kids want to sit down and play board games or Pokemon with their friends, read a book, or draw.  We don’t have any tables and chairs for them to do that.”

Well, hopefully soon they will have those accessories.

So we set up an account at Go Fund Me also!  This account helps raise additional funds because we want to extend the opportunity to participate beyond the family members.

In conclusion, our goal is raising $7,800 in the next 30 days.  So visit this link if you want to contribute:  https://www.gofundme.com/loved-at-schoolcook-elementary.

Finally, I love this logo from Joseph Cook Elementary.  It’s a happy place!

Joseph Cook Elementary
A wonderful school where kids have fun!

 

GREAT MILLS HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

Well, it happened again, this time at Great Mills High School in Saint Mary’s, Maryland.  I wish just the opposite was happening!

So only a month after the Parkland, Florida shootings where 17 innocent people lost their lives, yesterday it happened in my home state of Maryland.  Two people were injured and the gunman was killed in an attack at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County.

Washington Post Coverage

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjm48SvpP7ZAhWnnuAKHexnBeMQqUMINDAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fpublic-safety%2Fmaryland-authorities-investigating-shooting-at-high-school%2F2018%2F03%2F20%2F4deeadee-2c39-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html&usg=AOvVaw2vCpcDZKP-QX4FSmCHZ3jQ

It’s attacks like these that I’m trying to counteract by establishing lovedatschool.com.

Consequently, today I placed my first order of Georgetown Cupcakes for a

Georgetown Cupcakes to the rescue!
Georgetown Cupcakes is a great way to show some love to the students at Great Mills High School!

school out West named after my grandfather.  Rather than dwell on the bad things that just happened, I’d just as soon do something nice for a school instead.  See a photo of those awesome cupcakes here before they are shipped!

We’ve also started our first fundraising effort to provide some tables and chairs for students to use at recess at a particular school.  Not every kid likes to play kickball or run around during their break.  Some like to read, sit down and draw, play Pokemon cards with their friends, or just relax.

The school we’re working with doesn’t have any outdoor equipment like that.  It’s a fun effort to reach out to my family members in an effort to raise a few dollars for the school.  See our progress here on this site as we go along.

Great Mills High School Needs Some More Love

In the meantime, if you want to do something to counteract the violence that is happening in our nation’s schools, make a donation to Loved at School.  That money does unsuspecting nice things for some unsuspecting nice students around the country.  You can make a donation at https://lovedatschool.com/donate/.

We invite you to remember those affected by the violence that happened yesterday in St. Mary’s, Maryland.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by it.  Maybe by focusing on love more than hate, we will turn around this horrible violent path we are on.