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Show . spgggfc rr II It,,. , J J, t II-, II. I by Marcella Walker In reading the Timpano-gos Timpano-gos 'l imes, I am really excited about all of the service projects proj-ects our school children are working on during the year. There have been numerous numer-ous articles about some of the fund raisers, activities and programs pro-grams the schools have held so far this year and there will be many more before school is out in the Spring. Teachers are some of the busiest people I know and yet some of them, along with help from the administration and volunteer parents, are helping the students to come up with seme great fund raisers and they have been very successful. success-ful. When I was in school we donated to the Red Cross and March of Dimes and things like that and we got a little pin to wear. Of course that was back in the dark ages, but vvc did do things. But what the children along with their teachers and special helpers do now is amazing. If a child becomes ill and needs special medical care that the parents may not be able to afford, the school the child goes to will come up with unique ideas for fund raisers to help out and it is wonderful what can be accomplished. It is a lot of work for those who plan and carry out these programs but I know from experience-that they are very rewarding re-warding in the end. When my children were in school, 1 tried to support the PTA and served as a room mother and so forth, and it was fun and made me feel good, but what they do now is so much more worthwhile and invaluable to the recipient of any kind of help. Giving is not just with the school kids, either. I have noticed no-ticed that many Boy Scouts are doing Eagle projects which involve in-volve helping someone out who needs special assistance. My husband and 1 try to help these young men out if we can be cause I know the project is going go-ing to help someone who really needs it. Our youngest daughter received re-ceived second and third degree burns on her leg when she was a toddler. She spent a whole month in the burn unit at Primary Pri-mary Children's Hospital and I spent each day with her. I had four other children who were older but they needed loving care, too. My husband's family fam-ily helped so much. His sister-in-law tended the children after school, his mother took care of the pre-schooler, and neighbors were wonderful offering help, . meals, and much more. They gave us moral support worth Omuch more than money. Everything turned out fine for our daughter and she has had no serious after effects from that injury. But because of our experience, we have donated many monetary gifts to Primary Children's Hospital to help pay back for all the assistance we received when we really needed it. I just want to compliment all of those who help out with these fund raisers which aids people who often cannot help themselves. I know from experience expe-rience that it means a lot more than you will ever know to a family in need. Sometimes, all someone needs is a kindly word, an offer of-fer of assistance, or just good old moral support. Try it and you'll find that you like the good feelings you get inside very much. |