Giving Talks

Well, I went to Vestal Senior High today to thank a student organization for making dry erase boards for Hancock County as well as to tell them about the entire Gulf Region.

The students were typical high school students - you don't want to show too many emotions in front of strangers. BUT - you could see the little light bulb go on in their heads with different analogies.

Like using a US map to show how far the destruction spread, and a picture Clayton (Siege) took of a debris field that spreads for miles.

Like telling them about 8' storm surge 10 miles in. That's a LOT of water.

Like losing everything in your bedroom, your house and then living in a FEMA trailer with no privacy.

Things like this really strike home.

So - Starting in mid-January, they will be doing a month long drive for "labels for education" and "boxtops for education" that includes all of the schools in the district.
http://katrinanetworking.blogspot.com/2005/12/box-tops-for-education.html
http://katrinanetworking.blogspot.com/2005/12/collect-campbell-labels-for-hancock.html

I think they started understanding that even saving pennies matters. If everyone saved pennies and sent the money - there would be no shortage.