(S28) PT 5 - Helping Out

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Eleven Kendrick-Watts has always been passionate about school systems and the profound impact they have on their communities. Growing up in an underfunded county and dealing with the consequences at his elementary school where underpaid teachers were often forced to serve the roles of educator, counselor, and parent to many children, Eleven knows just how important schools are to people. The schools of Kansas City, Missouri, are highly variable. Many are horribly underfunded and lack the budget to even provide basic school supplies such as pencils and whiteboard markers to classrooms on a consistent basis, which Eleven finds to be ridiculous. He's created a charity drive for the residents of Kansas City and any Coyotes fans elsewhere to assist the schools of Kansas City in their endeavor to improve their budgets, and has also helped lobby legislators for more monetary help for the educators of the area. Recently, he used part of the fund's budget and a sizable amount of his free time now that the season has begun to wind down in an attempt to distribute computers to many of the classrooms of Kansas City. While it seems like a computer isn't as useful to a class as some other supplies could be, it opens more doors to the world than any marker or pencil could, and can also teach useful skills like typing, research, and online communication.