A Time for Caring

My dear friends,

I have a lot to say and a lot to ask in this post, and I pray that the point I am trying to make will come across.

This year at American Preparatory Academy we have had our fair share of challenges. We had a flood at the beginning of the year, which was crazy enough. But then some very sad and trying times came to the lives of our faculty and friends.

In February, as you have seen from previous posts, our friend and colleague Melissa Stone was in a serious car accident and lost her little girl.

This past Friday, April 20, one of our 5th grade teachers (Emily Hartung) lost her husband to a tragic automobile accident while he was out of town on business.

Our hearts are absolutely aching for our friends and coworkers. I personally cannot even imagine what either family is going through or has gone through in the past months.

We, as students and faculty of APA, are going to be running a week of caring for these families - We will be hosting fundraising events through the whole week and will finish it off with a benefit concert starring our music students, the music students at Bingham High School, and an up and coming inspirational vocalist, Calee Reed. We are so blessed to have gotten in touch with Calee and are very excited to have her help us.

Here are some of the favors, now, that I will be asking of you.

We are in need of sponsors and donors.

At the benefit concert, we will be holding a raffle, and those attending and participating in the events will be
able to purchase raffle tickets. What we need are people or businesses willing to donate services and or products to raffle off at the event. Things we thought of were iPods and iPads, gift cards, etc.

If you are in a position to donate these types of things or know someone else who is, please put them in touch with me or get in touch with me yourself through whatever means you have to get a hold of me.

As this continues to snowball, please watch for any other posts regarding this myriad of events.

Thank you for your compassion, prayers, and whatever else you are offering for these families. They need our love and support more than anything in this world. Thank you for allowing us to help make a difference in the lives of these people and their families.

Emily