Crunch time

Karen Marie Knapp commented, now Maryangela Layman Roman reports in our Catholic Herald on the fundraising effort at Prince of Peace/Príncipe de Paz School. To pay for 50 computers for two computer labs, they need to collect 1.6 million aluminum cans. And they need those computers!

Initial calculations by the teachers — which have since proven wrong — estimated the school would need $1,600 in cans to reach their goal. Recalculations proved the amount was seven figures — about 24-30 cans make a pound and the going price for recycled aluminum is about 75 cents a pound. Each computer is expected to cost just under $1,000. But the teachers were undeterred by the addition of three 0s to their total.

By my calculations, our Archdiocese could raise the $100 million for the school capital campaign by collecting 3.6 billion aluminum cans.