Taking a cue from successful microfinancing programs offeredto people in developing nations, nonprofits have begun to make presentationsrequesting charitable dollars. The “new” in this news is that schools havetaken up the practice.
The idea is to invite school families – and the public – to attenda $5 soup supper. All the money in the stewpot will be awarded to someone atthe end of the evening. Teachers, and perhaps students, make short presentationsabout how they would use the money, such as for a teaching aid, a student trip,an investigative project, or whatever. Guests then vote on who gets the pot.
Read what Linton Weeks and Sam Sanders have to say in “Overthe Bowls of Soup, Donors Find Recipe for Change.”
or listen to the 4-minute broadcast.
