Glenn Baldwin, Paramount Elks Lodge # 1804, Paramount, CA

For a Lodge fundraiser, the Paramount Elks do a big barbecue late each summer, and this year I decided to put out some information about the Dictionary Project, with a bowl in case people wanted to contribute to the project as they came through the line for their barbecue tickets. A couple of sheriff’s deputies in the line each pulled out their wallets and put $20 in the bowl. When asked what that was all about, they said they’d rather help children to get the education they need now than to have to chase them later.