It’s a New Year!

It’s 2010 – who can believe it?  It really seems like 2009 just flew by.  Personally, 2009 was a tough year but when I look back at all the challenges it brought, they don’t even compare to the challenges our students face on a daily basis.

The holidays are always a great time to reflect and make resolutions for the upcoming year.  I’m not a huge fan of resolutions because I always feel like I break them or maybe I’m just setting my resolutions/goals too high.  But I can say that I did make one this year that I fully intend to keep – to be true to myself.  And that’s no different than the resolution/goal we at Classroom Central strive to reach every day – being true to our mission and the students we serve.

Sure that sounds pretty easy – we’re just distributing school supplies.  But it’s much more complicated than that.  The new year always brings the opportunity to take a step back and reevaluate what you are doing and how you can do it better.  That’s what we want to do at Classroom Central this year.  We’ve been successful the past seven years doing what we do but there is so much more we can do and frankly, so many more students who need us to step up our game and think outside the box.

Loyal readers, do you have any ideas on how we can think out of the box and ultimately serve more students and provide them with the quality and quantity of supplies needed?  We are all ears and would love to hear your thoughts.

One idea we are talking about is collaborating with more agencies so we can get the supplies into our students hands that much sooner.  Also, looking at other distribution methods.  The Free Store is a great way to distribute the supplies but there are so many other ways.  Again, let us know what you think.

Thank you for helping us to level the playing field for our community’s students and giving them an opportunity to learn.

And of course – happy 2010!

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