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 There are literally hundreds of important causes and organizations to give to this holiday season across north Texas, why give to CISNT?  That’s the question I have been asking myself each time I get another letter in the mail asking for money from one of dozens of non-profit organizations and causes.  I hope it’s a question you are asking too…why should I give?

For the last several years, CISNT has taken great pride in the fact that we successfully generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial support for our dropout prevention programs that came from outside of the north Texas community (the US Department of Education, Texas Criminal Justice Division,  Texas Juvenile Probation are several examples).  We bring resources into the community - that’s value added! 

Local north Texas businesses were the first to step up to the plate and support CISNT’s programs.  Aramark, Cadbury Schweppes, Capital One Bank, Costco, Durham School Services, EDS, Hillwood Development, Medical Center of Lewisville, Northstar Bank, SHW Group, University Behavioral Health, Viewpoint Bank, Walmart,  among others have been longtime generous supporters of CISNT’s programs.

Now, we’re asking the north Texas community to step up to the plate and make a financial donation to support and help expand our great program.  Why? 

First, it is critically important to CISNT as we continue to pursue grants and donations from businesses and foundations that the north Texas community is “behind” CISNT.  The number of volunteers grows dramatically each year, the hours donated helping kids grows each year, clearly the community is investing time and energy now more than ever in CISNT.  Now it is time for the community to make a financial statement that CISNT must continue to grow - children who are at-risk of dropping out of school must be provided the resources they need to succeed.  We won’t do it for them, but we’ll be there, filling the gap with clothing, school supplies, academic mentors, tutors, free eye exams and free eye glasses - and by doing this we will have removed the obstacles that prevent them from graduating from high school - on time.

Even more important, CISNT and others who work with the growing population of children in Texas who will not graduation from high school without our help are shaping the economic future of Texas in the next 20 years.  You do the math, a historic number of high earning “baby-boomers” are retiring, while a historic number of students at-risk of dropping out of school are growing up in Texas.  When high school dropouts replace high earning baby-boomers on the state tax roll, the math is more than disturbing.  This generation of at-risk students must graduate from high school and go on to college.  The north Texas economy demands that they must or we’ll all suffer the consequences…

So, please make a donation to CISNT to support our work with students at-risk of dropping out of school.  We believe it is some of the most important work happening in north Texas…