Chapter 15

"You're quite correct, Sean. We can't raise enough, so why try? Maybe we can buy the baseball team new uniforms. That would be nice, wouldn't it? That's the suggestion I found in my mailbox this morning. You kids decide. Would you like to start something that would make a real difference to this community, or work to help some sports team feel better dressed?"

"Ms. Metzger, I'm for your idea 100%," declared a surprisingly assertive Ashley. "I want to be a doctor and the hospital we have here is way too small. They have trouble recruiting good staff because they have so few beds. Doctors have to split their time between here and Western General in the next county. I think we should start a fund, and be the first donors, for a children's wing. That's what the area really needs. That's how we can do the best for this community."

It was off to the races after that. Some students felt it would require far too much time, money and effort, but the idea took root and grew. By the end of the m