One of my favorite quotes comes from a simple children’s book. In Dr. Suess’ “The Lorax,” he says, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” This quote runs in my head as a constant life theme. I have a bit of a “save the world” complex, but as my students love to remind me, “Miss, the world is broken. There’s nothing we can do.” YIKES! That sounds pretty despairing. Then I go back to The Lorax quote; if we all felt the world was beyond saving, it would be. Minor changes, little effort, and even the smallest steps are still going in the right direction. So, I am here to tell you how one average lady from Brooklyn is attempting to save the world. In 2011 I had an idea to start a social fundraising initiative called The Hero’s Benefit, or THB as I so lovingly refer to it. THB was meant to be a response to the Extortion 17 crash, which killed 31 American Service Members and left 32 chi...
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