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So I& #39;m gonna take this morning and tell a #TaxTwitter story from last night that warmed my heart, and I don& #39;t care how many tweets it takes to thank @Ehjerp.
I was a high school band kid. Typical dork. But band was all I had back then. We all said back then that all the best 1/
I was a high school band kid. Typical dork. But band was all I had back then. We all said back then that all the best 1/
lessons were learned on the blacktop. It was a true story. Being in the Silver Regiment taught me about family, teamwork, togetherness, grit, passion, hard work, desire, winning, losing... We were "can& #39;t stop, won& #39;t stop" before it was cool to have that mindset. 2/
To this day, 17 years after graduating, we& #39;ve got a Facebook chat among probably a dozen of us who were all in the Silver Regiment together. It& #39;s trite to say "friendships that last a lifetime," but in my case, it& #39;s true.
Nowadays, the arts are impossible with COVID. 3/
Nowadays, the arts are impossible with COVID. 3/
These poor kids who already had last year stripped from them now have a limited number of performances they can look forward to this year. But the costs of being in band are extensive. For some of these families, it& #39;s literally impossible to get their kids through any "extras" 4/
I just can& #39;t imagine how 17-year old me would have gotten through the rest of high school if I was suddenly plucked from band because my family couldn& #39;t afford dues, repairs on my trumpet, or the little basics like slide grease and valve oil. Yet this is reality for so many. 5/
So last night, my guy @Ehjerp and I started a friendly bet about which one of these two bozos trying to become POTUS will win my state, and a conversation came up about my alma mater. We were gonna have a bet for a friendly $20, winner picks the charity the loser donates to. 6/
To make a long story short, this convo evolved into him saying, "I& #39;m gonna make a $300 donation right now."
Folks... Support your local schools and their extracirricular programs. That $300 is going to take some 15-18 year old kid and give him/her the opportunity to 7/
Folks... Support your local schools and their extracirricular programs. That $300 is going to take some 15-18 year old kid and give him/her the opportunity to 7/
Stay involved in a program they have loved, in many cases for 3 years prior. This DOES matter, and it matters a ton. Band matters. Football matters. Cheerleading matters. Dance matters. It all matters. Yet all of these things cost money at a time where so many don& #39;t have it 8/
Donating anything you can to your local school, your local little league, your local dance studio... You have no idea how much that $5 or $10 or $500 or whatever you can give will help these kids out. They& #39;ve had it tough enough in COVID without having to lose the one thing 9/
that they truly care about it life. I promise that those "extras" will teach them life lessons that they will carry with them forever. It& #39;s such a travesty that COVID stripped that from so many kids all across this country, & those of us who can help would bless them to help 10/
That said, my beloved Silver Regiment really can use whatever money they can get right now. A guy who I was in band with all those years ago is now the director, and he& #39;s doing everything he can with the limited resources the county gives him to keep his kids safe 11/
So that& #39;s why I was so touched when @Ehjerp came out last night and made that donation, and I was equally touched this morning when my other guy @ajthecpa1226 hit me up for a link to make a donation, too. The #TaxTwitter family is top freaking notch and is the best Twitter. 12/
All that said, here& #39;s a link you can use to make a donation. I encourage all of you to look into your local schools and make donations to their programs as well, they& #39;re all going through varying degrees of the same problem. 13/
http://lhband.org/index.php/Donations/donations.html">https://lhband.org/index.php...
http://lhband.org/index.php/Donations/donations.html">https://lhband.org/index.php...
