Back in Focus: buildOn

Way back in March, I told you guys about my goal to raise $5,000 for buildOn in order to go to Nepal and help build a school.

Then life went whacko.

And my play went to Fringe.

And I had to raise money for that.

Now I am back and focusing on Nepal.

I'm got a little over a month to raise $5,000.

Lord help me.

All kinds of lords and ladies and spirits and sprites...I need your help.

Below is the little description on the fundraising page:
The past few months I've been so incredibly lucky to see a few pages I started writing in college become a full-fledged play in NYC. My play got there because my love of reading and writing started early in elementary school and grew as I got older and learned more and more. 

Not a day goes by that I don't acknowledge how lucky I am to have had these opportunities. I want to give back. I am going to give back. With buildOn. In Nepal.

I told many of you of my goal to raise $5,000 for buildOn so that I can travel to Nepal and help break ground on a school in February 2013. 

By raising this $5,000, a child in Nepal will have a place where he or she will learn to read and much more. He or she will have a place to learn to write. The school will act as a community education center where more learning and exchanging of ideas can and will happen. Maybe a young girl will write a play there too and see it grow (too sappy? What can I say? I'm a sap. And it can happen. Maybe it will.)

Today there are 1.2 billion people around the globe who are illiterate largely due to a lack of access to education. 72% of those illiterate are women. Providing access to education for even one remote village can change the lives of hundreds of children living in poverty year-after-year. 

I only have until October 19th to raise the full $5,000. So if you have a few dollars in your back pocket, consider donating to this great cause. 

If I do end up going, you can fully expect me to write about my experience and most definitely share it all with you. :)

So if you are a kind-hearted individual, consider checking out my fundraising page and donating a dollar or two. Then maybe consider passing it along.

Thanks, friends!