Dear Poetry lover, I am pledging to write 30 poems in 30 days to help supply free English lessons for new immigrants to Massachusetts. My grandparents and great grandparents were all immigrants, and I know that their new life was/ is not easy.
Susan Thanas
Goal $500.00
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Writing poetry is not easy, but liviing in Massachusetts without knowing English is more difficult.  Therefore, I am challenging myself to write a poem each day in November with the hope of raising $500 toward free English lessons for new residents in western MA from foreign countries.

This is important to me because I know that my ancestors arrived in Chicago in the late 1800's knowing only German, Swedish, or Norwegian.  With hard work they survived, but it took a generation for everyone to learn English.