10 days into this growing season and my mustache is looking, well... like something starting to resemble a mustache. Just enough to get sideway glances at the bus stop and quiet nods from hardy men who share in this age old facial hair tradition.
I notice mustaches all over the place now-- a bit like when you buy a new car of a certain type and see then start seeing that type of car all over the place.
More importantly than the mustache tomfoolery, thanks to 17 friends and family, we've raised $797 so far for the classrooms of Think College Now. Thanks to each of you who have donated. You are making a difference. We still have a long way to go to raise enough funds for the technology we want to help put in the classroom, but we also have over 25 days left.
Depressing fact: Only 1 in 20 Oakland students graduate from high school eligible to attend a University of California school.
Uplifting fact: 81% of TCN students perform at or above grade level in math (up from below 30% just five years ago). Math is often what trips students up from high school graduation and college, so this is a huge fact.
So join the cause, make a difference, and go shake the hand of a man with a mustache.
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