From left to right, front row: Melody Neilan, Marie Gockel, Debbie Kremers, Michelle Land,
Back row: Lori Amble, Mary Haynes, Peggy MacKay & Lance Gockel, Not pictured: Sandra Reed.
Very Happy Kids!
Clothing (& other) donations for the library bazaar fund-raiser.
A note from Lori:
Many of us made our own contributions but this fall during Back to School night (my son is in the Shawnee Mission Northwest (high school) Cougars Community Commitment Organziation, or CCC ) I mentioned to Ron Poblau that we were going back to Mexico in October his response was simple, "Tell me what they need." When my daughter was in high school and in CCC she had organized a school supply drive for the children of Xcalak so he was familiar with what we were trying to accomplish. All of us have or had children in CCC during high school. I believe they are better adults because of it.
Here is the link to CCC http://selkywolf.com/ccc/index.html at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, KS. Ron Poblau is the instructor and was named 2006 Teacher of the Year. Here is Ron's response to my email: CCC is a daily class whose motto is simply THE DOER OF GOOD BECOMES GOOD. For the duration of the semester, students perform acts of kindness for numerous individuals. Our next big event will be Thanksgiving Day Food Boxes. Simply put: these are some of the best young men and women. It is a privilege to work with them. He tells me they do not need any credit but my thought is if you tell this story it is possible other schools will be willing to help the Library too.
Lori
