Pay It Forward for Lorenzo

Students, we have a student at OSU-Marion, Lorenzo, whose family is from the Philippines and has suffered great losses in Hurricane Haiyan this past month, including the deaths of two family members.

I always say knowledge without heart or understanding is not complete.  I also believe in an old OSU tradition in that yes, we are going to school for personal improvement and success, but we also believe in paying it forward and helping others.  We believe that we as Buckeyes are a community who have great opportunities to help each other, and others.

In this tradition, if you would like to sign a card for Lorenzo and his family, I will bring one to our last class on Monday and pass it around.  I will also take donations for his family to give to him, and you can give these to Travis on Monday if you have a few dollars you would like to contribute.

This is of course absolutely voluntary and you do not have to sign the card and donate money!  And there is no pressure or judgement if you do or don't.  This is simply an opportunity to help, if you wish.

Thank you for any consideration you will give for Lorenzo and his family.

Mike Lohre

It will be a long road back for communities in the Philippines after this historically destructive typhoon.