{"id":23825,"date":"2011-07-21T14:26:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T18:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodiecitymom.com\/?p=14994"},"modified":"2023-05-11T07:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:47:32","slug":"pg-give-education-event-with-john-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/pg-give-education-event-with-john-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"P&G GIVE Education event with John Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\"P&G<\/a>\n

\u201cThey wait to plead their case\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Those are the opening lyrics of \u201cShine\u201d, a song that John Legend<\/a> performed with the Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation choir from M.S. 390 in University Heights (Bronx) at a P&G GIVE Education<\/a> press event that I attended earlier this week. The song gave me chills, because that is what I want for not only my kids but also for all kids \u2013 for them to be thoroughly equipped to be able to shine in life.<\/p>\n

That is why I was so happy to learn more about the relationship between P&G\u2019s GIVE Education and Communities In Schools.\u00a0 At a blogger roundtable with Jim Leish\u00a0 (Marketing Director, P&G\u2019s GIVE Education), Dan Cardinali (President, Communities In Schools) and John Legend, I learned about P&G\u2019s new philanthropic campaign GIVE Education that is trying to help keep more than 1 million kids in school.\u00a0 Did you know that \u201cevery nine seconds of each school day, a young person drops out of high school in the U.S<\/strong>.\u201d? Obviously, this partnership with Communities In Schools, a leading school dropout prevention organization simply makes sense. Also, don\u2019t think that John Legend is just a celebrity showpiece for this campaign.\u00a0 He was actually very passionate and eloquent regarding the importance of communities rallying around young people in order to give them the best future possible.<\/p>\n

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I asked John what helped him to beat the odds in order to achieve academic success.\u00a0 (After his parents separated, he ended up attending a public school in a not so great neighborhood.) \u00a0He mentioned parents and caring adults within the school system.\u00a0 On, the parent note, he mentioned something that really stood out\u2026that parents (in poorer communities) need to have higher expectations for what their kids deserve education-wise.\u00a0 Zip codes should not determine the quality of education. Sadly, it does, but if parents can learn to expect and advocate for more, then the better off their kids will be.\u00a0 Of course, this is all nice in theory. Unfortunately, many parents in distressed communities are so consumed with just surviving \u2013 especially in this economy \u2013 that their kids\u2019 education falls to the wayside.\u00a0 That is where the \u201cit takes a village\u201d mentality comes in.\u00a0 There needs to be people in the schools and community who care about all kids \u2013 not just their own.\u00a0 John shared that in addition to his parent, it was the school officials \u2013 his guidance counselor, music teacher and gym teachers \u2013 who had the greatest impact on him.\u00a0 They cared and guided him through the educational system.\u00a0 Now, all kids are not going to be \u201cJohn Legend\u201d, but who knows what they can<\/strong> be when given vision for their lives? Let them shine\u2026<\/p>\n

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<\/center>I know that without the love of education that my mom instilled in me coupled with people in the community who championed me on that I would not have the life that I do.\u00a0 I really am grateful that for every time period of my life (that I can remember) that there was always at least one person outside of my family who had great expectations for my life.\u00a0 Mentors, cheerleaders, whatever you want to call them\u2026I think that everyone needs them \u2013 especially school-aged kids.\n

So, how can you help fight the drop-out epidemic?\u00a0 Besides the obvious (mentoring, volunteering, etc.), there are two simple ways to help:<\/p>\n

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  1. P&G will be making a donation to Communities in Schools (CIS) for every coupon that is redeemed from their Sunday, July 31st<\/sup>special GIVE Education brandSAVER in your local newspaper<\/strong>. If you use P&G products anyway, please use those coupons. For each GIVE Education brandSAVER coupon redeemed, P&G will donate two cents to CIS. That sounds like a little, but those cents add up!<\/li>\n
  2. Watch a video featuring John Legend and CIS students on the P&G myGive Facebook page<\/a>.<\/strong> When you watch, P&G will make an additional 25\u00a2 donation to CIS (up to $10,000). \u00a0How easy is that?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In any event, I hope that you will do one (or both) of the above.\u00a0 Let\u2019s all do our little bit to help all<\/strong> kids shine!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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