People may say "Who is Ellie Kleber?" Well, she is a senior at Hinsdale Central High School and a person who loves to sing. She also just so happens to be in a course at HC called 'Invitation to Teach.' That's where this story starts.
Recently, her Invitation to Teach instructor, Dawn Oler, went to Haiti for the dedication of IMN School in Darbonne. The long and short of the story is that, while in Haiti, the teachers at IMN told Dawn of some of their instructional material needs. In turn, Dawn came back to Central and recounted her experiences in Haiti with her Invitation to Teach students.
From that point on, Ellie went to work. Ellie sings with the Chicago Children Choir and she asked her instructor if she could collect money to purchase some of the resource needs at IMN. Her instructor gave Ellie the go-ahead to collect funds at a performance last week. Ellie was able to collect the whopping sum of $545. The funds raised by Ellie will be used to purchase Haitian Creole picture books for the kindergartners at IMN.
Yes, one person, in this case Ellie Kleber, does make a difference! On behalf of Schools Count and the children at IMN, thanks Ellie!!
Dick Flesher
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