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NOLA Public Schools
11 August 2009
If you are receiving this letter it is because you are someone who believes in the work being done in the schools of New Orleans; whether you have volunteered, donated, listened to our mission or simply shown an interest – you have taken part in the push for change in the schools of New Orleans. [...]
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Poker Crawl for The Roots of Music – June 26
18 June 2010
I am making that last-ditch effort to get to all of you. I appreciate all of you who have responded with donations and who are planning to play with us next Saturday. I am urging all of you who haven’t responded, to visit our website (www.nolacharitycrawl.org) to register to play, or to donate if you [...]
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fundraiser for the Roots of Music program
07 June 2010
Please join us (the Monaghan and Koehlar families) on Saturday, June 26th, to pay tribute to Jim Monaghan Sr., by participating in the Second Annual French Quarter Poker Crawl Fundraiser. This year’s proceeds will be donated to The Roots of Music (www.therootsofmusic.com) …this program serves almost 100 students, making up a full marching band that is [...]
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“Participation… That’s what’s gonna save the human race.” Pete Seeger
02 June 2010
“Participation… That’s what’s gonna save the human race.” Pete Seeger This is the day of the Kindles iPads and other electric literature. Yet we still cling tenaciously to books. There’s something about the smell, the feel, the comfort of a book. It’s something you could sense when entering an empty school post Katrina. Books were missing. All of them… [...]
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for Sammy
02 June 2010
I am blessed to work with a group called the Sammy Wilkinson Memorial Foundation. Their work with and for children around the globe makes me feel tiny. They inspire me to push for greater good. It’s our world. What would I be if I did not try to make it better. To steal a quote [...]
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it’s all ’bout them benches… man
18 April 2010
Yesterday, my sister (Stinko) and I spent the beautiful spring sunlight visiting playgrounds (KaBoom!), my new favorite hole in the wall barber shop/ lunch spot (the JuJu Bag) and 1 of our brand new school sites (Lake Terrace). Then we went to Carver/ Penn Field. Last night she sent me this… chris jones was my husband. [...]
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Windsocks… of change
08 April 2010
Marnie and I are spending our break between AmeriCorps teams visiting every school. Making lists of what has been done, what can be done, what needs to be done, checking on the state of KaBoom! playgrounds and researching for Restoring Glory (the Cox / RSD American Flag project you will be hearing of in [...]