American Express held a vote in which it’s members would decide on where it would donate large sums of money. This is an excellent gesture and a most gracious award for the winners. Many kudos to American Express in doing this.<\/p>\n
The results just came in and I was quite dismayed. I guess I shouldn’t have because I’ve been shocked before with the mentality of voters (gas taxes vs public transportation; Bush vs Kerry). Perhaps I’m just far too biased being this touched on the number one topic in my life; education. That said, here were the results:<\/p>\n
$1.5 million for 1st place goes to (24,101 votes):
Alzheimer’s Disease: Early Detection Matters and its fulfilling organization, Alzheimer’s Association<\/p>\n
$500,000 for 2nd place goes to (20,650 votes):
Help 100,000 children thrive in the classroom! and its fulfilling organization, DonorsChoose.org<\/p>\n
Not to make light of Alzheimers, but in my opinion, when should education play second fiddle to anything else? Never! At least not for the next 50-100 years. If I’d had my education to do over again, when I was 5 I would have asked to be sent overseas (not exactly sure where, but I’ve heard there are quite a few countries that place a high value [not just cost] on education).<\/p>\n
Outside of that, I understand American Express wants to get their members involved, which is a great thing, but don’t they have an idea of what they consider important? I would hope that their priorities might be a bit more in order than their members.<\/p>\n
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