by Sharon Bush | May 3, 2016 | Philanthropy
This post was written by ARI SYTNER Years ago, an older man visited our synagogue once each month to make a modest donation. Although I thanked him each time, he always gave the same reply, “rabbi, please don’t thank me, I do it because I am selfish. I just enjoy the...
by Sharon Bush | Feb 15, 2016 | Philanthropy, Sharon Bush
In my 7-year involvement with Kipp.org as a founding board member, I was able to see firsthand the power of education on disadvantaged children who would’ve been lost to the streets, their talents and imaginations untapped, and therefore lost without help. During that...
by Sharon Bush | Jan 28, 2016 | FEED, Sharon Bush
Parents used to (maybe still do) attempt to make their children eat brussel sprouts for dinner by saying, “What about those starving children in Africa or China!” And though I’ve always been keenly aware of the hunger problem ‘out there’, I’ve also tried to remind my...
by Sharon Bush | Jan 26, 2016 | FEED, Philanthropy, Sharon Bush
As a former elementary school teacher who has worked at inner city schools, I have witnessed firsthand the dire straits of many students’ lives. Even after decades of dedicating myself to finding ways to improve the way children learn, live and thrive, I am as...
