May 04, 2021
At its most basic, education is about uplifting the individual. That means providing the tools and knowledge necessary to give people choices about their futures and a chance to be productive, and hopefully happy, in their lives and work.
Such is the mission of Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School (AJC) in Richmond, Virginia. Small in size but overflowing with caring and ambition, the 12- year-old school, which calls itself “a community of affection,” serves 119 students in grades four through eight, most of whom are children of color from low-income families. The school’s leave-no-need-unmet approach results in a majority of graduates enrolling in private high schools and about a third heading to college. Some even return to AJC to work.
Charlie Brown Christmas trees lift spirits Share Updated: 10:22 AM CST Dec 22, 2020 By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Charlie Brown Christmas trees lift spirits Share Updated: 10:22 AM CST Dec 22, 2020
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Show Transcript CHRIS’S 100 CHRISTMAS TREES DELIVERED DECORATIONS AND ALL. THE ANGEL GOES AT THE TOP OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, DOESN’T IT? TO ME IS HIM ALLIES IS FAMILY TIME. SHE WAS OUT OF WORK LAST MONTH AND MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD A CHRISTMAS TREE IF IT WERE NOT FOR KATHY JONES. KATHY SAW A NEED, A NEED FOR CHRISTMAS TREES. THE RESPONSE FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE IN NEED WAS DEFINITELY HEART TOUCHING. THE RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WAS INSTANT, SCORES OF PEOPLE DONATING TREES AND ASKING FOR TREES. KATHY STARTED DELIVERING THEM. TO SEE THE RELIEF ON THE PARENTS FACES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD IT, BUT TO SEE THE JOY IN THE CHILDREN’S EYES SHE DID IT ALL IN HER 20-YEAR-OLD TOYOTA CAMRY, NOW IT HAS GOT 213,000 MILE
A man has raised money for a school in the US that provides scholarships for students from an impoverished area by selling scrawny-looking Christmas trees.
Frank Pichel’s wild pine trees resemble the droopy, pitiful tree made famous in the 1965 children’s animated classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.
They have been flying off a tiny neighbourhood lot since he started selling them last month to raise money for Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia.
The school was started in 2009 by parishioners and priests who wanted to help children from low-income families change their lives.
Frank Pichel prepares to close his lot after selling out of trees (Will Newton/AP)
Man using Charlie Brown Christmas trees to lift Richmond school, spirits
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From left, Peter Taffs, Marcie Taffs, 14, Juno Taffs, 11, and Clare Van Loenen walk across the street after buying a tree from Frank Pichel s tree lot, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Richmond, Va. A Virginia man has found a way to use Charlie Brown-style Christmas trees to benefit a middle school that provides scholarships for students from an impoverished area. (AP Photo/Will Newton)
By: The Associated Press
and last updated 2020-12-22 10:49:20-05
RICHMOND, Va. A Virginia man has found a way to use Charlie Brown-style Christmas trees to benefit a middle school that provides scholarships for students from an impoverished area.