What a million dollars could provide
From Saturday, January 18, 2003
From the plea for the New York Times Neediest Cases Fund which is a $1 million behind in donations, in today's New York Times (registration required):
If I had a million dollars" is a musing usually followed by a wish list of luxuries, like a house, car, vacations and jewels. But a million dollars can go further than that. A million dollars could provide nearly 400,000 meals for poor children or hungry elderly people. A million dollars could save 800 families from being evicted for one month, feed them and provide job training for their breadwinners.
In the hands of agencies that help New York's neediest, a million dollars could buy warm coats for 55,000 kids who outgrew last year's coat as the coldest spell of the season arrived. A million dollars could provide 2,500 medical and dental exams or send 3,000 disadvantaged young people to camp in the summer, keeping them off the streets and exposing them to a healthy environment and a world of possibilities.