Sakler Moo drew this sketch of a unicorn this week and sent it to me last night. (it is for sale, if anyone wishes to buy it, e-mail me, [email protected].)

I realized when I saw this just how talented an artist Sakler is, as well as an all around honor student. He is  one of the brightest people I know, and i am very happy he is at the Albany Academy, a school famous for nurturing and stretching young minds.

It will enrich his life.

I’ve known Sakler for several years, and I understand why his public school teachers fought so hard to get him into the Albany Academy, this is where he very much needs to be.

As you know, I undertook the responsibility of raising the $5,000 I will need each year for the next three years to make up the difference between the school’s tuition, roughly 28,000-$29,000), and the $24,000 in scholarship money he was granted.

He will also need some money for uniforms, fees, lunch and school trips.

I’ve committed to raising this money for this year (already paid) and the next three years. I am very happy – okay, I was sweating it – to report that the Army Of Good is very much behind this project.

I’ve taken over his mother’s $2,000 payments towards his tuition, it was too much pressure to put on her, I could see how frightened she was.

So far, I not only have gotten enough money (I also contributed some of my own money) for 2018, but I’ve already received $2,100 in funds for Sakler’s 2019 tuition, almost half of what I will need.

I wanted to give all of you that update.

I was delighted to see this money coming in, I didn’t even get the chance to ask for it. People are so good given the chance.

I hope to raise that money in the next few weeks so that I can put it aside for focus on the other and less expensive, but just as important, work we are doing with the refugees and immigrants and for the Mansion residents.

Thank you. If you wish to contribute to Sakler Moo’s education, you can do so by sending a check to me, Jon Katz, c/o P.O.  Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816, or via Paypal, [email protected].

Note: Due to new federal banking regulations, all checks for this and my other work must be made out to me, Jon Katz, or to Bedlam Farm, that is how the accounts are registered.

Please write the name of the destination you intend somewhere on the check: Sakler Moo, The Mansion, the Soccer Team, The Refugees.

Every donation goes immediately into its proper account, and is audited monthly by a bookkeeper and a New York City accounting firm. Every penny goes where it is supposed to go, and is documented to the degree it is possible.

I feel great joy in doing this, and I hope you do as well. Sakler is immensely talented and is already thriving in his new environment. His teachers are taking the time to get to know him and understand what he needs.

This is much more attention than his public school teachers were able to offer him.

You helped to it happen. It is better to do good than argue about what good is.