Scary times indeed

Generosity of Cleveland community wins the day!
If you have been following our progress to bring Partnership Schools to Cleveland, you know that we needed to raise $3M by June 1. As of Thursday, May 28, at 12:09 PM we did just that! The
Partnership Board will vote on June 10 to officially accept our proposal to replicate here in Cleveland. We are also waiting for a final vote by a national foundation for a significant gift on June 2. I am sleeping soundly! Next week's blog will confirm these decisions. There is little doubt that the outcome will be resoundingly positive.
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This could not have happened without the many people who believed in the mission and in the middle of all that is going on took a resounding yes vote to the future!
Seen as a blessing...enrollment story
On Wednesday, May 27, I picked up tri-fold brochures and half sheet notices for enrollment in Archbishop Lyke and St. Thomas Aquinas. I then spent the day dropping leaflets in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood and Warrensville Heights (Archbishop Lyke territory). I hit laundromats, 7-11's,
daycare centers, Dave's Markets, you name it! Sometimes people ask me why do you do this, are you crazy? Well, I may be crazy, but this is an email we received two hours after I dropped those leaflets:
daycare centers, Dave's Markets, you name it! Sometimes people ask me why do you do this, are you crazy? Well, I may be crazy, but this is an email we received two hours after I dropped those leaflets:
"Good afternoon I picked up a flier at Daves Grocery store on Lee-Harvard today 05-27-20 and read it very impress about how sincere your teachers are about teaching and also what stood out was the relationship with the Lord that is taught to the children I am a Faith believer in our lord and savior Jesus Christ and my Husband and I are raising our 7 yr old daughter the same way. I tried to call the number on the brochure but the number remained busy if some one can get in touch with me on how to enroll my daughter I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and have a Blessed afternoon."
She came in the next day and enrolled her daughter! We fixed the phone problem too! Enrollment in both schools continues to grow. Whenever I encounter someone about what we are doing in these two neighborhoods I am greeted with great enthusiasm. A woman at a daycare center said it best, "This is what we need!"