We spent our meeting today going back to the basics. Why are we in Early Act? Why does Early Act have a place here at Cherry Creek. The answer seems simple--To Help Others. But it goes deeper than that, doesn't it? We want to make the world a better place; someone's day a little brighter. Our students live that out daily and they're being recognized for it.
Our group has been awarded an $875 grant to help connect our Early Act students and their families with the work we are doing on Kiva. Interested families will be able to try Kiva out with a free $25 loan with the help of this grant. "Free loan" sounds contradictory. See how it works below: | |
Interested students and their families will create their own Kiva account, join our "Red Arrows for Life" team, find a loan they want to support, and enter a special code we give them at checkout. This code will allow them to do the loan without putting in any of their own money. Loans are then paid back to Kiva, but families (and our Early Act students) can watch the progress of their loan. Then, if they choose to, they can load in some of their own money and keep the process going.
Depending on the interest in our Early Act families, we may be able to open this up to our wonderful blog followers as well. Please contact us if you are interested in getting your own Kiva account started with a Kiva loan provided by CCE's Early Act group!!!
Please watch the Pedro video above ("How Kiva Works") for more information on how Kiva works. You may also just want to explore the site itself (here) to experience how some of it works.
Please watch the Pedro video above ("How Kiva Works") for more information on how Kiva works. You may also just want to explore the site itself (here) to experience how some of it works.
| Please also watch the short video to the left to get an idea of the motivation behind our passion for Kiva and for helping people around the world. This is the video that got us started years ago just based on the idea that if this man can go to these lengths to help the world's extreme poor, then we can do a little too. |