Next week I interview at the Baum School of Art to see if we qualify for a scholarship. I'm excited, I'd written a letter to them about two months ago so by this point I'd lost hope.
I'm also going to get a TB test tomorrow so I can become an official volunteer at the Phoebe home. The kids would just come with me, I don't have to fill out anything or have tests done on them. This was another way to get out more and also to teach the kids it's important to give back to the community and to help others. I also think it will be valuable for them to be around the elderly, to learn that they have stories and information to pass on.
I have such adorable, creative,& stubborn children....share the frustration, the cuteness, the highly imaginative ramblings and the gritty reality of our day to day life, well...not all of it. I am,afterall, hoping to retain people's good opinion. : ) PS. Warning! If grammar and spelling errors bother you.....I expect most of this to be stream of conscience type writing-and my spelling could be described as creative, or occasionally hopeful.
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Good luck with the scholarship!
What is Baum School of the Art?
I think it is great for you to volunteer at the Phoebe Home. What about a homeless shelter? Our church and many other churches volunteer at the shelters by providing a meal or their time, in whatever they may need. I know the one here in Easton needs peanut butter & jelly, boxed cereal, and can goods. One of the girls in my Women's Evening Circle is a Cubscout Leader and her Pack as a group does a dinner for 60 homeless people. Then the Pack plays games with them and talks with them, so they feel like the belong to our society. We all can learn from our young people.
She said tonight, with her son sitting there, that she wants kids to know what it's like to not be as lucky as we are to have a home and a good meal. Her son is only in 5th grade and he said he looks forward to doing this every year. I really think that is great for a young person.
I don't think we're in a position to donate to others. We're really not that far off from the people in the shelters right now. Things are not good.
But we can donate our time, and hopefully the kids can bring cheer to people who are lonely. I was pleased to hear that this home is one that welcomes all forms of life. They have many pets there and the volunteer coordinator was excited at the idea of having a homeschool family come there. It should be interesting.
http://www.baumschool.org/
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