EP 101: An Act of Kindness and a Sense of Purpose with Lisa Strom

Lisa Strom is a 30 year veteran teacher and Chair of the English Dept at Norwalk High School in Norwalk, CT.  For her 50th birthday. She set herself a goal to complete 50 acts of service for her 50th birthday, or as she calls it….Mitzvah 50.  She wanted to find a way to incorporate service learning in her classes in a way that highlighted the availability of education in the U.S. compared to accessing education globally. The culmination of her year of service has been fundraising $15,000 through a combination of small, individual donations and a grant from the Fund for Teachers Foundation to build a school in Malawi through an organization called buildOn.