My very good friend, Don Mason provided me with the first young person to participate in this project.

He works at Ernest's, where Don plays often.

The project is on-going. I will be choosing one kid from my list and another from the "synth" list a month.

I'm thinking of extending the effort...awarding $10.00 for each "A", $5.00 for each "B" and $10.00 a point for a semester grade point average above 2.0. A kid with a 3.0 would get $100.00. A 3.5 would get a kid a bonus of $150.00. Someone with 10 A's and a 4.0 average would get $300.00 that semester. I will do that every semester for kids registered in traditional schools and come up with an equivalent reward program for others. I would extend this program thru college years. I will place a cap at $30,000.00 per year in outlays and adjust/add kids as they come in and out of the program.

I'm pretty open for suggestions on the types of kids to be rewarded. ANY promising kid is a candidate. What's important is, there is appreciation and support shown for their efforts.

Someone cares.

Special thanks to Don for helping out. That wasn't a surprise.


Russ