Not only a great line from one of my favorite animated movies, this reminds us that to find adventure we first have to get “out there.” In this light, this month’s Donors Choose donation will be going towards Mr. Szymanski at a local Chicago school. read more »
I am stoked that it is my turn to determine this month’s DonorsChoose donation from Covalent Marketing. As has been the case for most of my colleagues, I have found a subject that I hold very close to my heart. I have decided that Covalent Marketing will donate to Mrs. Bedilion’s guitar class in Avondale, Arizona. read more »
Having attended a couple High Poverty Chicago Public schools when I grew up, I feel for the teachers who have to make due with the minimal learning tools they have available to them. I always saw chalk boards as doors to interesting worlds limited only to what’s written or drawn on them. What they have now is small and broken and we at Covalent must not let that be reflected in their dreams and motivation to learn. Something as trivial as a larger board will make a huge difference for these kids. read more »
“When I was a kid . . .” Words I thought I would rarely, if ever, utter to my own children after hearing about “walking uphill to school both ways in the snow” from my parents. Well, being the father of an 9 & 11 year old, I found myself sharing” insights” from my childhood: “Cartoons were only on Saturdays . . .we had to come home when the streetlights came on . . .we could just go up to friends door and ask if Tommy could come out and play.” read more »
