The Live Like Mel Foundation is excited to announce our non-profit is now eligible for fundraisers on Facebook. The social media site created an option several years ago for Facebook users to raise money for charitable organizations of their choice. Many people have begun raising money for charitable organization for events like their birthdays or other life events. And now you can do the same thing.
To create a Fundraiser on Facebook and have it posted to your page, follow these steps within Facebook:
We have also added a donate button to our Facebook page Live Like Mel where you can donate directly to our non-profit. All donations are exempt from taxes.
The Live Like Mel Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that continues the legacy of former Ohio educator, Melanie B. Sutter, who passed away February 2019, from glioblastoma brain cancer. The purpose of The Live Like Mel Foundation is twofold: 1) to support the field of education by recognizing and providing financial assistance to future and current educators and 2) to support individuals and families impacted by glioblastoma by providing educational information and resources.
Soon after Melanie passed, the family raised funds for the Foundation with the hopes to offer scholarships and grants to future and current educators. It is the Foundation’s goal to not only recognize those who have a passion to earn an education degree and become future educators, but also support current educators and recognize the incredible work they perform each year.
Due to the timing of the Foundation’s creation and the end of the current school year, the officers of the Foundation were not able to offer a scholarship to a future educator during the 2018-2019 academic school year and is planning to offer a future educator scholarship during the 2019-2020 academic year. Therefore, the Foundation plans to offer two types of award opportunities each year in the future: current educator grants and future educator scholarships.
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Foundation is considering offering current educator grants to other schools outside of Montpelier Schools. Also, the Foundation is looking into non-traditional ways to award scholarships to future educators. Scholarships for individuals going back to school to receive an education degree years after graduating high school (just like Melanie did) or scholarships for college seniors who are about to graduate with an education degree (to ensure the funds truly support a degree in education) are options currently being discussed.