A moment of seriousness

Hey kids, I realize I've been missing in action for a couple days. I promise that I'll be back soon (perhaps even later today) to regale you with more of my delightful antics, but until then I'd like to bring something very important to your attention.

Looney, one of my very dear friends, works for an organization whose sole purpose is to help disadvantaged Latino students succeed in high school and be accepted into college. LNESC has been helping students in 17 different metropolitan areas for over thirty years, but at the end of this month they will be forced to close their doors due to federal budget cuts.

Now I know that most of you are bored at work or school (or Teach for America training) and so what better way to distract yourselves than by taking a moment to contact your members of Congress as well as the Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, and let them know that Latino students are important and that LNESC should be fully funded. Please visit www.savelnesc.org for more information.

If enough pressure is brought to bear, I am sure we can avoid leaving over 12,000 students out in the cold and the layoff of 70 hardworking counselors.

Thanks so much...