Category: children

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

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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.

THE PLAN

I plan to do something to offset the random acts of violence that are happening in our nation’s schools.  So, here is

The Plan

In honor of the 17 people who lost their lives at the Parkland, Florida incident on February 14, 2018, I plan to visit 17 schools that I have a vested interest in.  Then, I will show the students there some extra love.  I want to provide 17 gift bags that each have 17 gift cards in them from various popular stores, restaurants, movie theaters and the like.  Each gift card contains $17. 

The value of each gift bag will be $289.  Seventeen students randomly receive the bags.  Ideally, I will also have one gift card for EVERY student, faculty and staff member at the school that will have $17 pre-loaded onto it.

Gift bags are just one idea we can use.  The principals at the schools are another source of ideas.  In addition, foundation members at the local school districts help a great deal.  I will be talking to these people to get their input on what would be most helpful to their students.

I want to send a message of love and admiration to students from preschool to college level.  Also, I want them to know that good things can also randomly happen while they are at school.  I hope this effort gets local and nationwide media coverage.  With any luck, it might begin to offset the negative images of hatred and violence that are captured when random acts of violence occur at schools.  The incident in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day of 2018 is a recent example of that violence.

You can help with this effort by making a donation to purchase the gift cards.  If you have a connection with a business that might donate items for the bags, please let us know!

Finally, if you would like to make a donation, just use the link below: