U.P. teacher appeals to celebrities for classroom funding and fights for pay equity

Local educator, Heather French, is not unlike a lot of teachers in Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula; she's seeking funding from outside sources to supply her classroom because of inadequate education budget. There are over 1,400 classrooms in Michigan seeking funding through crowd sourcing sites like Donors Choose, but Ms. French takes an innovative approach, taking her plea to celebrities, Michigan-well-knowns, and sports teams to ask them to share her wish list.

Even with a social boost from Lou Diamond Phillips, French still spent over $2,000 on basic school supplies for her students last year. She reached out to me, and I wanted to tell her story...

French's admirable endeavor is a poignant reminder that federal education funding and teacher compensation is sorely lacking. If you believe in her cause like I do, help me fight for teachers like Ms. French in Congress. First, please read her story and help Ms. French fulfill her wishlist, then consider a contribution to my campaign. Heather French and her students are exactly why I'm running for Congress. "We need pay equity across the state," said French. "We need uniformity in budgets for Title 1 schools like mine, where the need is high and over 50% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch. We need funding to have good teachers on board and keep our classroom environments innovative. "You will find millions of teachers like me around the country that do this," said French. "We are fed the line that this profession is a 'calling,' and only the strong do it. But our heads and budgets are always the first on the political chopping blocks." Spread the word and share her story here, consider fulfilling her wishlist, and help me get to Congress so we can mitigate the need for teachers to fund their classrooms through crowdsourcing or out of their own pockets. Thank you, Dr. Bob Bob Lorinser Candidate for US Congress Northern Michigan & the UP Proud Democrat, MI01 If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

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