A music teacher in North Clackamas developed a unique way to make sure her students are practicing. She’s opening her own pocket book. But don’t think that Carol Capps (who teaches sixth grade orchestra at nine different schools) is PAYING the kids themselves. She’s actually pledging a penny per minute that they practice Violin, Cello or Viola that will be used to buy animals for developing countries.
*A new charitable trend is to donate money which is used to purchase goats, sheep, chickens and cows that are then given to villagers in developing countries. The idea is that the animal will continue producing milk, eggs, wool or some other good long after a single meal would have been eaten. Here’s an example**
Capps kids have donated a goat, a sheep, a hutch worth of rabbits and a flock of ducks the past two years. This year they’re adding another goat and a flock of chicks. it’s enough livestock to provide for a whole village.
