Every child who drops out of school before completing high school costs society on average 2 million dollars over their life time! Will you help stop the bleeding?!?!
The Week of Prayer and Service for Houston's Kids was a great start to a sustained investment that results in whole and healthy kids in every neighborhood and school and community of greater Houston. Still, we've got to put hands and feet into action as supplements to our prayers, and there are multiple ways we can pray and work so that it makes a Life-giving impact in every child and youth. One opportunity to make a difference occurs on Saturday, September 10: join HISD school Board members, teachers, and other compassionately concerned citizens for the Grads Within Reach walk in helping get drop-outs back in to school, and in to the path to self-esteem and lifetime productivity. For more information, and to register to participate, follow this link: Grads Within Reach Walk, Sep 10, 2011
If you absolutely cannot walk with us, please pray for the thousands of kids across the city who have given up on school. And if you live or work in another school district's boundaries, please contact the closest districts's offices to see how you can help reach dropouts in that district, or to find out where you can volunteer in ways that help change the lives of kids in a school near where you live or work!
