The Kids are participating in a unique community service project this summer. Usually our communtiy service is very local, but this one is a world-wide neighborhood project!
The kids formed a group called TTAP: Teens and Tweens Against Poverty. They arranged and rode in a bike-a-thon to raise money to purchase goats through Heifer Project. A family in an impoverished village in (most likely) Africa is chosen to be the goat owners. They learn how to care for the goat, and when the goat has a baby, it goes to another family in the village who has been trained for the job. Buying a goat for one family helps an entire village. I am probably not explaining this well as I am in a hury, but you can read more about it at the link provided above.
The kids' goal was to ride a total of 20 miles each. All six of them did just that, and so far, they have raised $600. That is enough to buy 5 goats!
Our good friend Mr. B. supervised the kids on the ride, bought them ice cream at the half-way point, and hauled all their bicycles in his trailer. He is a real sweetie, don'tcha think?
Here are some pictures as they are coming home. Click on any of them to enlarge- I know you are going to want to try to read their shirt logos! Here they are unloading the trailer. That is Mr. B. in the trailer.
Here they are, all posing in their TTAP t-shirts. The logo says: TTAP- Teens and Tweens Against Poverty. In case you don't recongnise them, mine are the two on the right, in front of Mr. B. Notice the TTAP dawg in front. His name is Gandalph, and he is a sweetie.
Showing off the back of their tshirts. There is an image of Uncle Sam, and the caption says, "Even you can make a difference." Yes, the kids came up with the slogan and made the shirts themselves. Pretty amazing kids, aren't they? It just goes to show that anyone can do something to change the world.
That is all for now.
Mistress LB
The kids formed a group called TTAP: Teens and Tweens Against Poverty. They arranged and rode in a bike-a-thon to raise money to purchase goats through Heifer Project. A family in an impoverished village in (most likely) Africa is chosen to be the goat owners. They learn how to care for the goat, and when the goat has a baby, it goes to another family in the village who has been trained for the job. Buying a goat for one family helps an entire village. I am probably not explaining this well as I am in a hury, but you can read more about it at the link provided above.
The kids' goal was to ride a total of 20 miles each. All six of them did just that, and so far, they have raised $600. That is enough to buy 5 goats!
Our good friend Mr. B. supervised the kids on the ride, bought them ice cream at the half-way point, and hauled all their bicycles in his trailer. He is a real sweetie, don'tcha think?
Here are some pictures as they are coming home. Click on any of them to enlarge- I know you are going to want to try to read their shirt logos! Here they are unloading the trailer. That is Mr. B. in the trailer.
Here they are, all posing in their TTAP t-shirts. The logo says: TTAP- Teens and Tweens Against Poverty. In case you don't recongnise them, mine are the two on the right, in front of Mr. B. Notice the TTAP dawg in front. His name is Gandalph, and he is a sweetie.
Showing off the back of their tshirts. There is an image of Uncle Sam, and the caption says, "Even you can make a difference." Yes, the kids came up with the slogan and made the shirts themselves. Pretty amazing kids, aren't they? It just goes to show that anyone can do something to change the world.
That is all for now.Mistress LB
2 comments:
Love those pictures ~ making memories, and making a difference in the world! I love it.
Thanks for sharing,
Pamela
Well said.
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