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What the Heck is "Dancing for Dollars?"

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What is “Dancing for Dollars” you may ask? Well, rest assured it has NOTHING to do with stripper poles or any such thing. “Dancing for Dollars” is the effort of our new Executive Director, Holly Mosley Cooper, MBA, to bring in funds and bring awareness to Hi-Tech Tutoring Center, Inc. Mrs. Cooper has been known to “cut a rug” and then trip over it.  Mrs. Holly Mosley Cooper, MBA But she is willing to make a spectacle of herself to help children who are in need but can’t afford to pay for the services. Hi-Tech Tutoring Center, Inc. is a 501 (c ) (3) organization registered with the State of Florida as such. We were founded nearly 30 years ago by our former Executive Director, Ernestine Mosley. The mission of the tutoring center has always been the education of its enrolled students. They have striven to reach those students that may have been deemed “unreachable” by the system. The ones who were labeled as lacking in some necessary component to succeed in school. ...

Money vs Principles

“ Money is important but it should never be so important that you sacrifice your beliefs and principles .”   Holly Cooper So today is the 50 th Anniversary of the March on Washington.   It started me thinking about a few things…   I am a freelance writer.   I “sell” my blogs to websites that agree to pay me…minimally.   I write for one particular website which I will refrain from mentioning because in this litigious society, I can’t afford to get sued.   My point is this.   I have been noticing some rather racially charged posts recently on this particular site.   I am a writer.   I am all about free speech but when it appears to me that they are publishing this garbage like it is news rather than opinion, that’s where I draw the line.   I’m doing some big things and I’m pretty sure I don’t want my name associated with this garbage.   Now I’m far from stupid and I can see that these “controversial” posts generate quite a f...