On behalf of an inner city school and as a parent, I was quite concerned about the lack of equipment that our children have when trying to learn science projects. For example, instead of a microscope, the children are shown a photo of a microscope and asked to learn the parts that make up a microscope.
I walked to Lancaster General Hospital and met with a spokesperson and asked them to donate some of their old microscope that lay up on the eighth floor in a dusty closet. They said they would look into the matter and get back to me as soon as possible.
That was eight months ago. I haven’t heard from them.
At LGH, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack in trying to find out who is in charge of what.
I understand their profits exceed a hundred million dollars annually. Why can’t they provide equipment and other assistance to our community schools?
Perhaps if they did, it would lead to inner city children someday being staff members or part of the administration, rather than janitors.
Interesting, because my department just provided clothing (uniforms), toys and other assorted donations that were requested for inner city schools. That’s an ongoing project. I’m going to forward this letter to my department committee that handles donations and see if anyone knows where the request might need to go if it can go anywhere at all. Maybe at the very least, if equipment cannot be donated, maybe money can be donated toward new equipment for the schools.