In it for the long haul

I called the house last Thursday evening to let everyone know that I was running a little late. Ann answered the phone. "How was school today?" I asked. Here was her response: "GooOOOOoooOOOOoooOOOOOOoood!" To get the full effect, you have to hit every note on the scale with gusto as you belt out the word in exuberant song. "What was THAT?" I asked Ann. "Oh," she said, "That was 'good' in opera."

What a great idea to linger on such a positive note! Some matters are just not meant to be dealt with in haste. Kind of like the Community Foundation's "Time to Get It Right" leadership initiative. Its premise is that our region must invest in quality education--from pre-Kindergarten to postgraduate--for all of our children, especially the historically underserved Latino and African-American kids. These children are the economy of our future. They deserve a long-term strategy.

You can bet that 10 years from now I'll still be talking about "Time to Get It Right." That's how committed we are at the Community Foundation--board, staff, and interested donors--to investing in Kansas City. Make that "Kansas City" in opera: "KaNNnssSssaAAAaaass CiiiiitttttttttyyyYYYyy!" Music to my ears!