A banner day

We had a great thing happen the other day.  We got a call from a salesman!  Now, I know you're thinking, she's really lost it this time.  But read on.

If the schools in  your area are anything like the schools in our area, they suffer from a chronic lack of funding for those little extras - like art and music classes.  One of the high schools in our area - Dakota Ridge in Littleton - is putting up a new website where all the kids and parents can go to see the activities schedules for all the activities - not just sports.  The salesman was the developer of that website and he was looking for businesses to purchase space for a banner ad on the new site.  We happened to be the first people he called.

Turns out they are selling the banner ad space in order to pay for transportation to get the kids to these activities since the budget doesn't cover it.  Can you imagine - telling the kids they can participate in a band competition or speech meet and then not having a way to get them there?  This seems like sheer lunacy to us but, unfortunately, it's the way things are today.

So, we purchased a banner ad which will help us and, hopefully, will help the school even more.  A class win/win situation.

Sometimes answering those sales calls is a very good thing!

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